# Ashe (surname)

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

A topographic surname from Middle English, spelling variant of Ash.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | place, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 7,756 |
| US rank (2010) | 4,573 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 39,807 people |
| Change since 2000 | +3.6% (7,485 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Ashe 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) | 67% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 26% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 3.1% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.8% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.5% |
| Two or more races | 2.2% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Ashe in the United States and Antigua and Barbuda.

## People named Ashe

- Arthur Ashe, American tennis player (1943–1993)
- Danni Ashe, American nude model and entrepreneur (born 1968)
- John William Ashe, Antiguan diplomat (1954-2016)
- W. W. Ashe, botanist and forester with the North Carolina Geological Survey (1872–1932)
- Corey Ashe, American soccer player
- Victor Ashe, American politician and diplomat

## Similar surnames

Ash, Askew, Askey, Asche, Aguayo, Agee, Asay, Ahuja, Aoki, Ake, Akey, Ajayi.

## 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.