A brief history about the surname Gashi
Gashi is a northern Albanian tribe surname. It is the second largest tribe and used surname in Kosovo. It is said that they are derived from noble Lek Dukagjini. According to Robert Elsie, the first mention of this tribe in historical documents was in 1634 as Gaasi in the ecclesiastical report of the Franciscan priest Bonaventura di Palazzolo.
Robert Elsie emphasized that Gashi were first northern Albanian tribe that lived in the region of Tropojë. According to the Digital And Population Data Services Agency of Finland, there are less than 500 people with the last name Gashi living in Finland.
