Ash Name Meaning: Thought to have derived from the Anglo Saxon word 'oesc' meaning 'ash'.
A name which was probably given to someone who lived near an ash tree or who was named after a place named Ash or similar.
Discover how your Ash ancestors earned their living and spread across the country. Find out more about your family history by using the Free Search box.| Bedfordshire | 0 |
| Buckinghamshire | 50 |
| Berkshire | 54 |
| Cambridgeshire | 36 |
| Channel Islands | 13 |
| Cheshire | 62 |
| Cornwall | 79 |
| Cumberland | 13 |
| Derbyshire | 84 |
| Devon | 616 |
| Dorset | 46 |
| Durham | 97 |
| Essex | 83 |
| Gloucestershire | 198 |
| Hampshire | 269 |
| Herefordshire | 3 |
| Hertfordshire | 15 |
| Huntingdonshire (and Rutland) | 1 |
| Isle of Man | 0 |
| Kent | 205 |
| Lancashire | 241 |
| Leicestershire | 33 |
| Lincolnshire | 156 |
| London | 964 |
| Middlesex | 119 |
| Northumberland | 42 |
| Norfolk | 25 |
| Northamptonshire | 20 |
| Nottinghamshire | 111 |
| Oxfordshire | 22 |
| Rutland (and Huntingdonshire) | 1 |
| Shropshire | 51 |
| Suffolk | 5 |
| Somerset | 213 |
| Surrey | 52 |
| Sussex | 46 |
| Staffordshire | 506 |
| Warwickshire | 170 |
| Westmorland | 0 |
| Wiltshire | 91 |
| Worcestershire | 35 |
| Yorkshire | 322 |
| Anglesey | 0 |
| Brecknockshire | 0 |
| Cardiganshire | 4 |
| Carnarvonshire | 1 |
| Carmarthenshire | 0 |
| Denbighshire | 13 |
| Flintshire | 1 |
| Glamorgan | 110 |
| Merionethshire | 0 |
| Montgomeryshire | 0 |
| Monmouthshire | 30 |
| Pembrokeshire | 0 |
| Radnorshire | 0 |
| Profession | Census Frequency |
|---|---|
| Scholar | 862 |
| Agricultural Labourer | 104 |
| General Labourer | 75 |
| Dress Maker | 52 |
| Domestic Servant | 44 |
| Living On Own Means | 43 |
| Farmer | 43 |
| Labourer | 35 |
| Laundress | 31 |
| General Servant | 28 |
| General Servant Domestic | 27 |
| Living On Her Own Means | 25 |
| Carpenter | 23 |
| Farm Labourer | 23 |
| Gardener | 20 |
| Farm Servant | 20 |
| Coal Miner | 20 |
| General Domestic Servant | 19 |
| Tailor | 17 |
| Tailoress | 17 |
| Baker | 16 |
| Butcher | 16 |
| Cook Domestic Servant | 16 |
| Fisherman | 15 |
| Charwoman | 15 |
| Name | Census Frequency |
|---|---|
| William Ash | 2,636 |
| Mary Ash | 2,478 |
| John Ash | 2,095 |
| Elizabeth Ash | 1,604 |
| Thomas Ash | 1,391 |
| George Ash | 1,352 |
| Sarah Ash | 1,344 |
| James Ash | 939 |
| Ann Ash | 816 |
| Henry Ash | 736 |
| Joseph Ash | 687 |
| Charles Ash | 681 |
| Jane Ash | 634 |
| Eliza Ash | 525 |
| Robert Ash | 507 |
| Annie Ash | 492 |
| Richard Ash | 488 |
| Frederick Ash | 472 |
| Emma Ash | 468 |
| Ellen Ash | 446 |
| Alice Ash | 433 |
| Edward Ash | 432 |
| Emily Ash | 402 |
| Arthur Ash | 387 |
| Albert Ash | 330 |
| Rank | Surname | Match | Census Frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ash | 100% | 37,260 |
| 2 | Shea | 25% | 11,776 |
| 3 | Ashe | 75% | 1,676 |
| 4 | Oshea | 40% | 1,673 |
| 5 | Shee | 25% | 1,617 |
| 6 | Aish | 75% | 1,169 |
| 7 | Shoe | 25% | 253 |
| 8 | Eash | 75% | 171 |
| 9 | Esh | 67% | 152 |
| 10 | Shae | 25% | 129 |
The surname Ash is the most popular version of all its varients