# Ashton (surname)

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

A habitational surname from Old English derived from the place names.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | English |
| Type | place, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 12,263 |
| US rank (2010) | 2,922 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 25,177 people |
| Change since 2000 | +5.5% (11,619 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /ˈæʃtən/, 2 syllables |
| Variant spellings | Asheton |

## Etymology

From Old English æsc (“ash (tree species)”) + tūn (“enclosure, settlement”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Ashton 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) | 80% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 13% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.9% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.6% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.5% |
| Two or more races | 2.1% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Ashton in the United States, the United Kingdom, Australia and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.

## People named Ashton

- Frederick Ashton, British dancer and choreographer (1904–1988)
- John Ashton, American actor (1948–2024)
- Zawe Ashton, British actress
- Juli Ashton, American pornographic actress & TV host
- Sylvia Ashton, actress (1880–1940)
- Sarah Ashton-Cirillo, American journalist and activist; soldier in Armed Forces of Ukraine
- Julian Ashton, Australian artist (1851-1942)
- Joseph Ashton, American actor born 1986
- Peter Shaw Ashton, British botanist
- Dore Ashton, art critic (1928–2017)
- Susan Ashton, American singer
- Tracy Ashton, American actress

and 1 more on Wikidata.

## Similar surnames

Ashdown, Acton, Aston, Astin, Axton, Austin, Aceituno.

## 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.