Ashton Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

Ashton Name Meaning: Originates from the Anglo-Saxon word 'aesctun', 'aesc'(meaning ash)and 'tun (meaning town).

A surname which may have been given to someone who lived or came from a town with ash trees growing in it. May have also been taken from a placed named Ashton.

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

Buckinghamshire 20
Brecknockshire 11
Carnarvonshire 2
Cambridgeshire 38
Channel Islands 16
Cheshire 627
Carmarthenshire 5
Cornwall 82
Cumberland 14
Derbyshire 402
Denbighshire 1
Devon 221
Dorset 4
Durham 57
Essex 59
Flintshire 2
Glamorgan 51
Gloucestershire 24
Hampshire 37
Hertfordshire 15
Hunts and Rutland 66
Isle of Man 3
Kent 87
Lancashire 5,164
Leicestershire 100
Lincolnshire 349
London 683
Middlesex 31
Merionethshire 1
Montgomeryshire 224
Monmouthshire 16
Northumberland 47
Norfolk 43
Northamptonshire 49
Nottinghamshire 141
Oxfordshire 30
Pembrokeshire 1
Radnorshire 6
Shropshire 64
Suffolk 6
Somerset 47
Surrey 29
Sussex 31
Staffordshire 189
Warwickshire 186
Westmorland 2
Wiltshire 26
Worcestershire 31
Yorkshire 1,315
Anglesey 0
Bedfordshire 0
Berkshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Herefordshire 0

Ashton Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Ashton family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 1,671
Cotton Weaver 358
Agricultural Labourer 184
Coal Miner 126
Labourer 109
House Keeper 102
House Servant 95
Carter 85
Dress Maker 76
Silk Weaver 75
Servant 64
Cotton Spinner 64
Cotton Winder 55
Cotton Piecer 50
Laundress 45
General Servant 43
Cotton Reeler 41
Wife Of Above 35
Joiner 32
Tailor 30
Butcher 29
Nurse 28
Grocer 27
Cotton Factory Worker 27
Cotton Power Loom Weaver 26

Most Frequent Forenames for Ashton

Name Census Frequency
Mary Ashton 7,758
John Ashton 7,302
William Ashton 6,459
Elizabeth Ashton 4,761
Thomas Ashton 4,606
James Ashton 4,226
Sarah Ashton 3,968
George Ashton 2,939
Ann Ashton 2,837
Joseph Ashton 2,673
Jane Ashton 2,169
Alice Ashton 1,952
Ellen Ashton 1,933
Margaret Ashton 1,766
Henry Ashton 1,731
Richard Ashton 1,647
Hannah Ashton 1,618
Samuel Ashton 1,517
Annie Ashton 1,403
Charles Ashton 1,341
Robert Ashton 1,305
Martha Ashton 1,256
Edward Ashton 1,238
Eliza Ashton 1,144
Emma Ashton 1,132

Ashton Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Ashton 100% 108,175
2 Assheton 75% 316
3 Aishton 86% 214
4 Sheaton 57% 164
5 Sheeton 57% 107

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The surname Ashton is the most popular version of all its varients

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