How common is the surname Ashmore?

6,155 people in the United States had the surname Ashmore in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 50,162 Americans. It ranked 5,642nd of 162,253 surnames.

Where is the surname Ashmore most common?

Wikidata records people named Ashmore in the United States.

Is the surname Ashmore getting more or less common?

More common. 6,004 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,155 in 2010, up 2.5%.

The surname Ashmore

An English place surname, carried by 6,155 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex A256

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Ashmore is more common than 96.5% of them.

Origin

English origin

From Old English æsċ (“ash-tree”) + mere (“pond, pool, lake”).

Ashmore 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 6,155 people named Ashmore in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 50,162 Americans. That is up 2.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 6,004.

#5,642

rank among US surnames

6,155

people in 2010

2.1

per 100,000 Americans

+2.5%

change since 2000 (was #5,343)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#5,633	Pennell	6,170	50,040
#5,636	Diep	6,168	50,056
#5,637	Chalmers	6,166	50,072
#5,638	Weiland	6,163	50,097
#5,639	Trask	6,162	50,105
#5,640	Cooks	6,157	50,145
#5,641	Lui	6,156	50,154

Who is named Ashmore

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

86% of people named Ashmore identified as white (not Hispanic), 8.2% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 86%
Black (not Hispanic) 8.2%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%
Two or more races 1.9%
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.1%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Ashmores

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Frank Ashmore
American actor, born 1945

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Variant spellings

Ashmoor

Ashmore has the Soundex code A256, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code A256.

Other English surnames

All 1,446 English surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Ashmore come from?: From Old English æsċ (“ash-tree”) + mere (“pond, pool, lake”).
How common is the surname Ashmore?: 6,155 people in the United States had the surname Ashmore in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 50,162 Americans. It ranked 5,642nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Ashmore?: In the 2010 Census, 86% of people named Ashmore identified as white (not Hispanic), and 8.2% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Ashmore?: Frank Ashmore, American actor.
Where is the surname Ashmore most common?: Wikidata records people named Ashmore in the United States.
What type of surname is Ashmore?: Ashmore is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
Is the surname Ashmore getting more or less common?: More common. 6,004 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,155 in 2010, up 2.5%.
What are other spellings of Ashmore?: Ashmoor.