Ascham Surname
Approximately 9 people bear this surname
Ascham Surname Definition:
This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Askham,' two parishes in Yorkshire; also Askham, a parish in Cumberland, near Barrow-in-Furness.
Avice de Askum, Westmorland, 20 Edward I: Placita de Quo Warranto, temp. Edward I-III.
Read More About This SurnameAscham Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| Australia | 2 | 1:13,497,850 | 222,987 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 5 | 1:4,875,074 | 116,529 |
Ascham Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Askham,' two parishes in Yorkshire; also Askham, a parish in Cumberland, near Barrow-in-Furness.
Avice de Askum, Westmorland, 20 Edward I: Placita de Quo Warranto, temp. Edward I-III.
Thomas de Askam, 1379 i Poll Tax of Yorkshire.
'Roger Ascham (1515-68) was born in 1515 at Kirby Wiske, near Northallerton. His family seems to have been of considerable antiquity, and to have taken its name from the villages known as East and West Askham, near York. A Roger de Askham is mentioned as an adherent of Thomas. Earl of Lancaster, in 1313': Dictionary of National Biography.
1752. Sir Thomas Hatton and Harriott Askham: Marriage Lic.(London).
Parishes in Yorkshire, Notts, and Westmoreland. Roger Ascham, toxophilite and schoolmaster, was a Yorkshireman.
Ascham Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ascham Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Ascham occurs more in England more than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Ascham? popularity and diffusion
The surname Ascham is the 6,360,413th most frequently held family name on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 809,727,324 people. The surname Ascham occurs predominantly in Europe, where 33 percent of Ascham live; 33 percent live in Northern Europe and 33 percent live in British Isles.
The surname is most frequently occurring in England, where it is carried by 3 people, or 1 in 18,572,686. In England it is most frequent in: Buckinghamshire, where 33 percent live, Gloucestershire, where 33 percent live and South Yorkshire, where 33 percent live. Barring England it occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in Australia, where 22 percent live and The United States, where 22 percent live.
Ascham Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Ascham has changed over time. In England the number of people bearing the Ascham last name fell 40 percent between 1881 and 2014.
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