# Ask (surname)

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

A surname from Swedish.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Swedish |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 585 |
| US rank (2010) | 37,955 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 527,770 people |
| Change since 2000 | +11% (528 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Swedish Ask, from ask (“ash tree”), ultimately also from askr (“ash tree”). Doublet of Ash.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Ask 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) | 96% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.8% |
| Two or more races | 2.0% |

## Similar surnames

Askew, Askey, Ash, Aguayo, Agee, Ashe, 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.