How common is the surname Ashbrook?

1,967 people in the United States had the surname Ashbrook in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 156,963 Americans. It ranked 15,015th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Ashbrook?

In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Ashbrook identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Ashbrook?

Dana Ashbrook, actor, followed by Daphne Ashbrook.

Where is the surname Ashbrook most common?

Wikidata records people named Ashbrook in the United States.

Is the surname Ashbrook getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,984 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,967 in 2010, down 0.9%.

The surname Ashbrook

A surname, carried by 1,967 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex A216

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Ashbrook is more common than 90.7% of them.

Origin

From ash + brook.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,967 people named Ashbrook in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 156,963 Americans. That is down 0.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,984.

#15,015

rank among US surnames

1,967

people in 2010

0.7

per 100,000 Americans

-0.9%

change since 2000 (was #13,957)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#15,015	Gerth	1,967	156,963
#15,020	Stallman	1,966	157,042

Who is named Ashbrook

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

96% of people named Ashbrook identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.3% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 96%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.2%
Two or more races 1.3%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.3%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Ashbrooks

3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Dana Ashbrook
Actor, born 1967
Daphne Ashbrook
American actress (born 1963)
Joseph Ashbrook
American astronomer (1918–1980)

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Surnames that sound like Ashbrook

Ashburn

Ashbrook has the Soundex code A216, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code A216.

Questions

Where does the surname Ashbrook come from?: From ash + brook.
How common is the surname Ashbrook?: 1,967 people in the United States had the surname Ashbrook in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 156,963 Americans. It ranked 15,015th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Ashbrook?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Ashbrook identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Ashbrook?: Dana Ashbrook, actor, followed by Daphne Ashbrook.
Where is the surname Ashbrook most common?: Wikidata records people named Ashbrook in the United States.
Is the surname Ashbrook getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,984 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,967 in 2010, down 0.9%.