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    The surname Ashburn

    A surname, carried by 4,112 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex A216

    Ashburn: #8,049 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Ashburn #8,049, 4,112 people Ashburn: #8,049 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Ashburn #8,049, 4,112 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Ashburn is more common than 95% of them.

    Origin

    Variant of Ashbourne.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 4,112 people named Ashburn in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 75,084 Americans. That is up 2.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,998.

    #8,049
    rank among US surnames
    4,112
    people in 2010
    1.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +2.9%
    change since 2000 (was #7,676)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #8,042Palladino4,11575,029
    #8,045Bevan4,11475,048
    #8,046Copenhaver4,11375,066
    #8,049Rabon4,11275,084
    #8,055Fant4,11175,102

    Who is named Ashburn

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

    89% of people named Ashburn identified as white (not Hispanic), 6.6% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 89%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 6.6%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
    • Two or more races 1.6%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Ashburns

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Richie Ashburn
      American baseball player (1927–1997)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Surnames that sound like Ashburn

    Ashburn 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 Ashburn come from?
    Variant of Ashbourne.
    How common is the surname Ashburn?
    4,112 people in the United States had the surname Ashburn in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 75,084 Americans. It ranked 8,049th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Ashburn?
    In the 2010 Census, 89% of people named Ashburn identified as white (not Hispanic), and 6.6% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Ashburn?
    Richie Ashburn, American baseball player (1927–1997).
    Where is the surname Ashburn most common?
    Wikidata records people named Ashburn in the United States.
    Is the surname Ashburn getting more or less common?
    More common. 3,998 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,112 in 2010, up 2.9%.