Asplen Surname

866,642nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 313 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
England

Asplen Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Absolom'; Old English Aspelon. The change of 'b' to 'p', and removal of 's' from after to before 'b', seem to have begun in the early decades of the 13th century. This font-name was very popular, and as a surname has existed in Cambridgeshire for six centuries.

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Asplen Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1861:1,948,704125,871
England1221:456,70530,074
Canada21:18,422,796409,488
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England681:358,46122,559
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States91:5,579,854232,921

The alternate forms: Asplén (25) are calculated separately.

Asplen Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Absolom'; Old English Aspelon. The change of 'b' to 'p', and removal of 's' from after to before 'b', seem to have begun in the early decades of the 13th century. This font-name was very popular, and as a surname has existed in Cambridgeshire for six centuries.

Asspelon Odierne, Cambridgeshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.

Hugo fil. Asspelon, Cambridgeshire, ibid.

Warin fil. Aspelonis, Cambridgeshire, ibid.

Henry Aspelon, Oxfordshire, ibid.

Aspelon fil. Nicholas, Bedfordshire, ibid.

John Asplon, Huntingdonshire, ibid.

Asplon Faber, Huntingdonshire, ibid.

Ann Aspelin and John Aspelin: Visitation of Essex, 1541.

Thomas Wright and Elizabeth Asplyn, 1636: Marriage Lic. (London).

Samuel Asplin-rector of Geyton-Thorp, Norfolk, 1722: History of Norfolk.

'This morning the crew will walk over to Mortlake, whither their boat will be taken in charge of Asplen, the University waterman': Cambridge Crew (Standard).

The first three instances above are from the county of Cambridge. It is odd to think that Asplen is unquestionably from Absolom.

A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames (1896) by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley

Asplen Last Name Facts

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

The last name Asplen is held by more people in The United States than any other country/territory. It may be found in the variant forms: Asplén. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Asplen? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 866,642nd most commonly occurring last name globally. It is borne by around 1 in 23,282,894 people. The surname occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 60 percent of Asplen live; 60 percent live in North America and 60 percent live in Anglo-North America.

The last name Asplen is most frequently held in The United States, where it is carried by 186 people, or 1 in 1,948,704. In The United States it is mostly concentrated in: Maryland, where 69 percent live, Pennsylvania, where 12 percent live and Florida, where 9 percent live. Barring The United States this surname occurs in 5 countries. It also occurs in England, where 39 percent live and Canada, where 1 percent live.

Asplen Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Asplen has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Asplen surname rose 2,067 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it rose 179 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Asplen Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Asplen last name are 32.64% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 79.41% being registered to vote for the political party.

Asplen earn around the same as the average income. In United States they earn 4.19% more than the national average, earning $44,955 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Asplén9425/
Asplein9217/
Asplend921/
Aplen9119/
Aspelien8661/
Asplin831,310/
Esplen83302/
Applen83286/
Aplein8396/
Aplenc8365/
Asplem8313/
Aplien836/
Apleng835/
Gaplen832/
Haplen831/
Auplen831/
Aspeslåen8059/
Aspelin77739/
Aspling77276/
Asplind77171/
Asplint7741/
Apletin7740/
Apletyn773/
Asplain772/
Apellen772/
Applein771/
Esplien771/
Aplesin771/
Happlen771/
Esplean770/
Espleen770/
Aplin734,616/
Aplem7312/
Aplyn737/
Oplen735/
Espln731/
Aspeling711,984/
Gaspelin7126/
Aspiling7122/
Asplindh7116/
Appleine718/
Aspilina716/
Appleang714/
Applesin714/
Appleing713/
Appellen711/
Hesplein710/
Haspling710/
Esplin672,125/
Applin671,939/
Goplen67436/
Apling67346/
Aplina6788/
Oplean6754/
Aplinc6743/
Haplin6733/
Aplain6722/
Hoplen6721/
Opleng6720/
Gaplin677/
Apline676/
Aplyna674/
Aspelling673/
Appelleng672/
Esplln671/
Aplhin671/
Appiln671/
Haplyn671/
Aphlin670/
Appleting670/
Asplim670/
Osplin670/

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