Asherton Surname

6,360,413th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 9 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
France
Highest density in:
Belgium

Asherton Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Asherton Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
France41:16,605,680368,153
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
England11:55,718,059489,080
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England361:677,09432,515
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States51:10,043,737422,899

Asherton Last Name Facts

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

The last name Asherton occurs most in France. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Asherton? popularity and diffusion

It is the 6,360,413th most frequent family name globally, held by approximately 1 in 809,727,324 people. The surname Asherton occurs predominantly in Europe, where 67 percent of Asherton reside; 56 percent reside in Western Europe and 56 percent reside in Gallo-Europe.

The surname is most widespread in France, where it is held by 4 people, or 1 in 16,605,680. In France it is most common in: Île-de-France, where 75 percent reside and Normandy, where 25 percent reside. Other than France this last name exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 22 percent reside and Australia, where 11 percent reside.

Asherton Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Asherton has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Asherton surname fell 60 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it fell 97 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Aserton930/
Easerton881/
Acherton880/
Asseirton821/
Atcherton820/
Acerton802/
Ocerton671/
Asartan671/
Osorton670/
Ohsirton630/
Özertan53136/
Ozertan531/
Osairtom501/

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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Asherton
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