# Ashby (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/ashby/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | English |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 17,482 |
| US rank (2010) | 2,069 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 17,661 people |
| Change since 2000 | +4.5% (16,723 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | Ashbee, Ashbey |

## Etymology

From Old English æsċ (“ashtree”) + Old Norse býr (“farm, town”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Ashby in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 81% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 13% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.8% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.5% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.6% |
| Two or more races | 1.7% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Ashby in the United States, Australia and the United Kingdom.

## People named Ashby

- Hal Ashby, American film director and film editor (1929-1988)
- Linden Ashby, American actor (born 1960)
- Jeffrey Ashby, American astronaut
- Margery Corbett Ashby, British activist (1882-1981)
- Glenn Ashby, Australian sailor
- Alison Marjorie Ashby, Australian botanical artist and plant collector (1901-1987)
- Carole Ashby, British actress
- Edwin Ashby, Australian property developer, malacologist and ornithologist (1861-1941)

## Similar surnames

Ashbaugh, Acuff, Asif, Assaf, Assefa, Ağayev.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.