Ashness 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 0
Cambridgeshire 0
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 16
Cornwall 0
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 0
Devon 0
Dorset 0
Durham 0
Essex 0
Gloucestershire 0
Hampshire 0
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 0
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 1
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Somerset 0
Surrey 0
Sussex 0
Staffordshire 0
Warwickshire 0
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 11

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 0
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 0
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0

Ashness Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Ashness family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 7
Silk Weaver 3
Hair Dresser 2
Woollen Piecener 2
Silk Dyer 2
Cotton Spinner 1
Domestic Servant 1
Errand Boy 1
House Keeper 1
Retired Nurse 1
Silk Piecer 1
Silk Twister 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Ashness

Name Census Frequency
George Ashness 26
John Ashness 26
Elizabeth Ashness 19
Sarah Ashness 18
William Ashness 17
Mary Ashness 12
Ann Ashness 10
Thomas Ashness 9
Joseph Ashness 7
Allen Ashness 6
Eliza Ashness 6
James Ashness 6
Annie Ashness 5
Clara Ashness 5
Edith Ashness 5
Emma Ashness 5
Ernest Ashness 5
Fred Ashness 5
Priscilla Ashness 5
Adrian Ashness 4
Alfred Ashness 4
Arthur Ashness 4
Bertha Ashness 4
Henry Ashness 4
Herbert Ashness 4

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