Ashford is used as a family name or surname in Saxon. It is 7 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Ashford
No. of characters: 7
Origin: Saxon
Meaning: A town in Kent, England, on the river Ash or Esh translating to the ford over the Ash.

How popular is Ashford?

Ashford is common in United States.

Ashford is ranked 23843 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Ashford bearers increased by 7.044654 per cent in 2010 US census to 9421 since 2000, the surname slipped by 58 spots and ranked at 3760. The last name was found in around 32 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
Black 53.32 52.15
White 39.93 42.88
Hispanic or Latino 2.95 2.1
Others 2.89 2.07
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.49 0.35
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.42 0.44
Ashford is quite popular family name mostly used in United States while Bermuda is ahead in terms of density. Around 21557 people have been found who wears Ashford as their family name. Ashford is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
82,942 Zimbabwe8
7,070 Guyana8
20,790 Nigeria6
8,438 China5
108,034 Italy3
14,078 Japan3
9,500 Ghana3
21,529 Singapore2
15,999 Slovakia2
5,726 Puerto Rico2
7,299 Estonia2
33,202 Saudi Arabia2
574 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines2
13,552 Qatar2
1,500,361 India2
18,718 Thailand2
9,185 Hong Kong2
28,232 Morocco2
7,191 Afghanistan1
7,292 Vietnam1
91,024 Belgium1
810,193 Indonesia1
10,190 Bahrain1
37,779 Serbia1
120,357 Argentina1
1,176 Antigua and Barbuda1
3,952 Yemen1
7,314 Bolivia1
537 Liechtenstein1
40,340 Malaysia1
49,529 Israel1
6,212 Jamaica1
1,421 Saint Lucia1
2,715 Gabon1
17,768 Pakistan1
624 Solomon Islands1
7,895 South Korea1
77,122 Sweden1
2,190 Barbados1
5,553 Taiwan1
4,435 Togo1
492,292 Ukraine1
12,741 Ecuador1
17,575 Kuwait1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
45,674 Spain44
3,579 Trinidad and Tobago37
28,564 Switzerland36
297,046 Russia25
465 Bermuda19
69,202 Netherlands18
1,163 Jersey17
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
13,010 Venezuela100
9,684 United Arab Emirates99
19,607 Greece98
2,305 Northern Ireland95
4,527 Ireland76
Countries with hundreds of Ashford:
6,966 South Africa931
6,785 Kenya785
6,120 Canada702
1,504 New Zealand495
870 Wales440
39,199 Philippines258
3,168 Scotland203
50,182 Germany202
56,243 Brazil175
57,437 France171
Countries with thousands of Ashford:
1,634 England4,845
2,493 Australia1,244
Countries with ten thousands of Ashford:
3,863 United States10,358
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

William Ashford was 30 years old when he migrated to USA during Irish famine on May 8, 1850. He lived in Ireland where he worked as workman and took Norway from Liverpool. Mary Ashford, aged 30, Ann Ashford, aged 18, are others that migrated to US.

Ashford Namesakes

  • Adrene Ashford, Costume designer
  • Annaleigh Ashford, Actress
  • Arnie Ashford, Musician
  • Annaleigh Ashford, Actress
  • Evelyn Ashford, Olympic athlete
  • Nickolas Ashford, Singer
  • Matthew Ashford, Actor
  • Brad Ashford, U.S. Representative
  • Rob Ashford, Director
  • Michelle Ashford, Screenwriter

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