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 | 121 |
Buckinghamshire | 27 |
Berkshire | 34 |
Cambridgeshire | 22 |
Channel Islands | 1 |
Cheshire | 847 |
Cornwall | 62 |
Cumberland | 21 |
Derbyshire | 443 |
Devon | 288 |
Dorset | 4 |
Durham | 215 |
Essex | 277 |
Gloucestershire | 98 |
Hampshire | 112 |
Herefordshire | 16 |
Hertfordshire | 34 |
Huntingdonshire (and Rutland) | 32 |
Isle of Man | 3 |
Kent | 223 |
Lancashire | 7,915 |
Leicestershire | 155 |
Lincolnshire | 440 |
London | 1,148 |
Middlesex | 254 |
Northumberland | 87 |
Norfolk | 44 |
Northamptonshire | 101 |
Nottinghamshire | 218 |
Oxfordshire | 37 |
Rutland (and Huntingdonshire) | 32 |
Shropshire | 63 |
Suffolk | 35 |
Somerset | 99 |
Surrey | 103 |
Sussex | 61 |
Staffordshire | 315 |
Warwickshire | 312 |
Westmorland | 3 |
Wiltshire | 50 |
Worcestershire | 66 |
Yorkshire | 2,342 |
Anglesey | 11 |
Brecknockshire | 21 |
Cardiganshire | 3 |
Carnarvonshire | 31 |
Carmarthenshire | 22 |
Denbighshire | 21 |
Flintshire | 15 |
Glamorgan | 362 |
Merionethshire | 13 |
Montgomeryshire | 167 |
Monmouthshire | 66 |
Pembrokeshire | 1 |
Radnorshire | 4 |
Profession | Census Frequency |
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Cotton Weaver | 423 |
Living On Own Means | 192 |
General Labourer | 175 |
Cotton Spinner | 117 |
Dress Maker | 100 |
Farmer | 100 |
General Servant Domestic | 95 |
Coal Miner Hewer | 87 |
Scholar | 69 |
Cotton Winder | 66 |
Domestic Servant | 64 |
Cotton Card Room Hand | 54 |
Charwoman | 46 |
Coal Hewer | 44 |
Coal Miner | 41 |
House Keeper Domestic | 39 |
Dressmaker | 38 |
Cook Domestic | 36 |
Dock Labourer | 36 |
Housemaid Domestic | 36 |
Railway Clerk | 33 |
Laundress Wash | 32 |
Agricultural Labourer | 32 |
Brick Layer | 31 |
Grocer | 30 |
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 |