Ashelby Surname

3,274,477th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 36 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
Scotland

Ashelby Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ashelby Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England211:2,653,24194,788
Scotland81:669,22723,443
Wales31:1,031,51134,732
France21:33,211,361423,184
Northern Ireland11:1,845,03620,648
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England41:6,093,842135,151
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States61:8,369,781355,680

Ashelby Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Ashelby Come From? nationality or country of origin

Ashelby is carried by more people in England than any other country/territory. It can appear as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Ashelby? popularity and diffusion

The last name Ashelby is the 3,274,477th most commonly used last name internationally It is held by around 1 in 202,431,831 people. This last name is primarily found in Europe, where 97 percent of Ashelby reside; 92 percent reside in Northern Europe and 92 percent reside in British Isles.

Ashelby is most prevalent in England, where it is carried by 21 people, or 1 in 2,653,241. In England it is most numerous in: Greater Manchester, where 81 percent live, West Midlands, where 14 percent live and Hertfordshire, where 5 percent live. Barring England it occurs in 5 countries. It is also found in Scotland, where 22 percent live and Wales, where 8 percent live.

Ashelby Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Ashelby has changed through the years. In England the share of the population with the last name expanded 525 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Aselby920/
Eshelby86459/
Haselby86141/
Hasselby80181/
Asselbey801/
Hachelby800/
Axelby77220/
Azelby7719/
Asilbay71227/
Hazelby71162/
O'Selby711/
Asselbi711/
Asylbay711/
Hoselby711/
Axelbey710/
Osgelby710/
Hazzelby676/
Hachelbe674/
Hessalby671/

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Ashelby
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