Ashton Name Meaning: Originates from the Anglo-Saxon word 'aesctun', 'aesc'(meaning ash)and 'tun (meaning town).
A surname which may have been given to someone who lived or came from a town with ash trees growing in it. May have also been taken from a placed named Ashton.
Discover how your Ashton ancestors earned their living and spread across the country. Find out more about your family history by using the Free Search box.Bedfordshire | 0 |
Buckinghamshire | 28 |
Berkshire | 0 |
Cambridgeshire | 30 |
Channel Islands | 1 |
Cheshire | 634 |
Cornwall | 90 |
Cumberland | 27 |
Derbyshire | 384 |
Devon | 248 |
Dorset | 14 |
Durham | 89 |
Essex | 65 |
Gloucestershire | 40 |
Hampshire | 51 |
Herefordshire | 1 |
Hertfordshire | 12 |
Huntingdonshire (and Rutland) | 57 |
Isle of Man | 8 |
Kent | 111 |
Lancashire | 5,880 |
Leicestershire | 127 |
Lincolnshire | 346 |
London | 937 |
Middlesex | 58 |
Northumberland | 72 |
Norfolk | 29 |
Northamptonshire | 65 |
Nottinghamshire | 146 |
Oxfordshire | 32 |
Rutland (and Huntingdonshire) | 57 |
Shropshire | 35 |
Suffolk | 11 |
Somerset | 66 |
Surrey | 74 |
Sussex | 33 |
Staffordshire | 215 |
Warwickshire | 212 |
Westmorland | 4 |
Wiltshire | 23 |
Worcestershire | 49 |
Yorkshire | 1,615 |
Anglesey | 0 |
Brecknockshire | 10 |
Cardiganshire | 1 |
Carnarvonshire | 16 |
Carmarthenshire | 8 |
Denbighshire | 21 |
Flintshire | 3 |
Glamorgan | 75 |
Merionethshire | 5 |
Montgomeryshire | 221 |
Monmouthshire | 64 |
Pembrokeshire | 1 |
Radnorshire | 1 |
Profession | Census Frequency |
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Scholar | 2,134 |
Cotton Weaver | 393 |
Labourer | 178 |
Coal Miner | 149 |
Agricultural Labourer | 142 |
House Keeper | 131 |
Domestic Servant | 95 |
Dress Maker | 83 |
Cotton Winder | 77 |
General Servant | 73 |
Laundress | 67 |
Carter | 54 |
Cotton Spinner | 54 |
Annuitant | 50 |
Silk Weaver | 49 |
Joiner | 45 |
Servant | 43 |
Farm Servant | 41 |
Cotton Piecer | 39 |
Weaver | 38 |
Blacksmith | 36 |
Gardener | 32 |
Cotton Operative | 31 |
Farm Labourer | 29 |
Miner | 28 |
Name | Census Frequency |
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Mary Ashton | 7,758 |
John Ashton | 7,302 |
William Ashton | 6,459 |
Elizabeth Ashton | 4,761 |
Thomas Ashton | 4,606 |
James Ashton | 4,226 |
Sarah Ashton | 3,968 |
George Ashton | 2,939 |
Ann Ashton | 2,837 |
Joseph Ashton | 2,673 |
Jane Ashton | 2,169 |
Alice Ashton | 1,952 |
Ellen Ashton | 1,933 |
Margaret Ashton | 1,766 |
Henry Ashton | 1,731 |
Richard Ashton | 1,647 |
Hannah Ashton | 1,618 |
Samuel Ashton | 1,517 |
Annie Ashton | 1,403 |
Charles Ashton | 1,341 |
Robert Ashton | 1,305 |
Martha Ashton | 1,256 |
Edward Ashton | 1,238 |
Eliza Ashton | 1,144 |
Emma Ashton | 1,132 |