Asher Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

England

Bedfordshire 0
Buckinghamshire 0
Berkshire 8
Cambridgeshire 10
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 12
Cornwall 0
Cumberland 10
Derbyshire 17
Devon 10
Dorset 3
Durham 60
Essex 40
Gloucestershire 17
Hampshire 60
Herefordshire 1
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire (and Rutland) 4
Isle of Man 0
Kent 39
Lancashire 127
Leicestershire 116
Lincolnshire 109
London 233
Middlesex 9
Northumberland 20
Norfolk 18
Northamptonshire 25
Nottinghamshire 183
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland (and Huntingdonshire) 4
Shropshire 1
Suffolk 15
Somerset 11
Surrey 19
Sussex 12
Staffordshire 35
Warwickshire 67
Westmorland 6
Wiltshire 45
Worcestershire 4
Yorkshire 115

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 7
Denbighshire 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 15
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 8
Pembrokeshire 8
Radnorshire 1

Asher Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Asher family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 240
Agricultural Labourer 32
General Labourer 18
Domestic Servant 13
Tailor 13
Dress Maker 12
Farm Servant 11
Living On Own Means 11
Coal Miner 9
Labourer 9
General Servant 9
General Servant Domestic 8
Living On Her Own Means 8
Farmer 7
Servant 7
Gardener 7
Clerk 6
Griswold Knitter 6
Farm Labourer 5
Lace Hand 5
Laundress 4
Tailoress 4
Blacksmith 4
Brick Layer 4
House Maid 4

Most Frequent Forenames for Asher

Name Census Frequency
Mary Asher 632
William Asher 607
John Asher 598
Elizabeth Asher 377
Sarah Asher 340
George Asher 332
Thomas Asher 319
James Asher 253
Ann Asher 243
Joseph Asher 190
Henry Asher 189
Jane Asher 188
Charles Asher 157
Annie Asher 131
Hannah Asher 127
Robert Asher 123
Emma Asher 118
Eliza Asher 112
Frederick Asher 105
Alice Asher 100
Martha Asher 98
Ellen Asher 95
Samuel Asher 87
Richard Asher 84
Emily Asher 83

Asher Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Shore 40% 23,739
2 Usher 80% 22,147
3 Asher 100% 9,469
4 Share 40% 4,812
5 Shire 40% 2,895
6 Sheer 60% 2,448
7 Shear 60% 1,928
8 Shier 60% 1,060
9 Shere 60% 376
10 Sher 80% 258
11 Sohier 50% 248
12 Shera 60% 229
13 Sheere 50% 206
14 Shair 40% 170
15 Sheare 50% 144
16 Shaer 60% 131
17 Aisher 83% 122
18 Shar 60% 119
19 Isher 80% 105

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The surname Asher is the 3rd most popular variant of Shore.

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