as a Last Name
- 8,059
- people in the U.S. have this name View all people named Ashford
Meaning & Origins
English: habitational name from any of several places called Ashford. Those in Essex, Devon, Derbyshire, and Shropshire are named from Old English æsc ‘ash’ + ford ‘ford’. One in Surrey is first recorded in 969 as Ecelesford, probably from a personal name Eccel, a diminutive of Ecca ‘edge (of a sword)’ + ford. The one in Kent is from æscet ‘clump of ash trees’ + ford.
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Nicknames & variations
Ashfield, Ashfaq, Ashforth, Ashfeld, Ashfaque, Ashforddavid, Ashfordfairwell, Ashfordn, Ashfordwoodard, Ashfordworks
Quick facts
- Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 8,059
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- Mississippi
- has the most people named Ashford per capita
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