# Axe (surname)

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

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 1,175 |
| US rank (2010) | 22,056 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 262,762 people |
| Change since 2000 | +9.9% (1,069 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Axe 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) | 94% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.5% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 1.4% |
| Two or more races | 2.2% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Axe in the United Kingdom.

## People named Axe

- Roy Axe, British car designer

## Similar surnames

Ash, Askew, Aguayo, Agee, Ashe, Asay, Ahuja, Aoki, Ake, Akey, Ajayi, Azua.

## 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.