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    The surname Ashdown

    An English place surname, carried by 822 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex A235

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    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Ashdown is more common than 82.2% of them.

    Origin

    English origin

    Perhaps a habitational surname from a lost place in Berkshire, from Old English æsċ (“ash tree”) + dūn (“mountain, hill”); compare Ashdon, which shares the same etymology. The Battle of Ashdown refers to it.

    Ashdown is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

    One of 1,446 English surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 822 people named Ashdown in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 375,603 Americans. That is up 5.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 780.

    #28,909
    rank among US surnames
    822
    people in 2010
    0.3
    per 100,000 Americans
    +5.4%
    change since 2000 (was #28,730)

    Who is named Ashdown

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

    95% of people named Ashdown identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.5% as two or more races and 1.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 95%
    • Two or more races 2.5%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.6%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Ashdown

    Ashdown has the Soundex code A235, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code A235.

    Other English surnames

    All 1,446 English surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Ashdown come from?
    Perhaps a habitational surname from a lost place in Berkshire, from Old English æsċ (“ash tree”) + dūn (“mountain, hill”); compare Ashdon, which shares the same etymology. The Battle of Ashdown refers to it.
    How common is the surname Ashdown?
    822 people in the United States had the surname Ashdown in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 375,603 Americans. It ranked 28,909th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Ashdown?
    In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Ashdown identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.5% as two or more races.
    What type of surname is Ashdown?
    Ashdown is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
    Is the surname Ashdown getting more or less common?
    More common. 780 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 822 in 2010, up 5.4%.