How common is the surname Ashe?

7,756 people in the United States had the surname Ashe in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 39,807 Americans. It ranked 4,573rd of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Ashe?

Arthur Ashe, American tennis player (1943–1993), followed by Danni Ashe.

Where is the surname Ashe most common?

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

Is the surname Ashe getting more or less common?

More common. 7,485 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 7,756 in 2010, up 3.6%.

The surname Ashe

A place surname, carried by 7,756 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex A200

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Ashe is more common than 97.2% of them.

Origin

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

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

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 7,756 people named Ashe in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 39,807 Americans. That is up 3.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 7,485.

#4,573

rank among US surnames

7,756

people in 2010

2.6

per 100,000 Americans

+3.6%

change since 2000 (was #4,388)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#4,568	Lapp	7,761	39,782
#4,569	Sperry	7,760	39,787
#4,571	Leroy	7,759	39,792
#4,573	Ashe	7,756	39,807
#4,576	Herrin	7,755	39,812

Who is named Ashe

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

67% of people named Ashe identified as white (not Hispanic), 26% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 67%
Black (not Hispanic) 26%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.1%
Two or more races 2.2%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Ashes

6 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

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, born 1986
Victor Ashe
American politician and diplomat, born 1945

Notable Ashes come mostly from the United States (5) and Antigua and Barbuda (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Ashe

Ashe has the Soundex code A200, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code A200.

Questions

How common is the surname Ashe?: 7,756 people in the United States had the surname Ashe in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 39,807 Americans. It ranked 4,573rd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Ashe?: In the 2010 Census, 67% of people named Ashe identified as white (not Hispanic), and 26% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Ashe?: Arthur Ashe, American tennis player (1943–1993), followed by Danni Ashe.
Where is the surname Ashe most common?: Wikidata records people named Ashe in the United States and Antigua and Barbuda.
What type of surname is Ashe?: Ashe is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
Is the surname Ashe getting more or less common?: More common. 7,485 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 7,756 in 2010, up 3.6%.