Ashman is used as a family name or surname in Australia. It is 6 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Ashman
No. of characters: 6
Origin: Australia
Meaning: There are many forms of the last name Ashman like Asscheman and Aschman and in Domesday Assemannus. The name appears equivalent to spearman, aesc or ash in A.S. poetry being constantly used in the sense of spear, because the staff of a spear was usually made of that wood.

How popular is Ashman?

Ashman is common in Australia.

Ashman is ranked 42806 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Ashmans grew by 16.69752 per cent to 3152 since 2000 and ranked 10228 after elevating 603 spots. The last name was found in around 11 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 79.35 85.08
Black 15.45 10.96
Hispanic or Latino 1.94 0.78
Others 1.43 1.67
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.02 1
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.82 0.52
Ashman is quite popular family name mostly used in England while Jamaica is ahead in terms of density. Around 11334 people have been found who wears Ashman as their family name. Ashman is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
6,270 Hong Kong3
13,901 Trinidad and Tobago3
32,086 Mexico3
12,844 Pakistan2
18,718 Thailand2
52,939 United Arab Emirates2
144,523 Kazakhstan2
50,640 Switzerland2
993 Guernsey2
20,186 Kenya2
3,071 Jersey1
3,275 Nepal1
118,015 Netherlands1
8,430 Northern Ireland1
9,591 Panama1
24,176 Qatar1
50,307 Saudi Arabia1
492,292 Ukraine1
9,116 Nicaragua1
810,193 Indonesia1
50,549 Georgia1
165,773 Belarus1
2,037 Cayman Islands1
444 Faroe Islands1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
7,175 Singapore41
37,591 Belgium37
54,131 Spain34
297,046 Russia25
42,407 Sweden22
435,402 India19
14,048 Ireland16
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
11,321 Israel94
133,875 France61
Countries with hundreds of Ashman:
458 Jamaica857
832 Wales463
15,361 South Africa402
10,337 Canada382
28,734 Poland191
59,024 Germany168
4,879 New Zealand156
11,447 Malaysia152
4,108 Scotland144
Countries with thousands of Ashman:
2,280 England3,485
10,571 United States3,436
2,783 Australia1,112
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

John Ashman worked as workman and hailed from Great Britain. During the great famine, 21 years old embarked for New-York from London on Adaline and arrived on July 12, 1850. Ben Ashman (45) Servant, are other Ashman that migrated to US.

Comments

M
Magdalena Jeffcoat
The origin of the name is Germanic etymology of the name comes from the Anglo-Saxon ashman meaning the sailor or pirate name specifies an ancestral feature.

Ashman Namesakes

  • Howard Ashman, Playwright
  • Aliki Ashman, Musical Artist
  • Matthew Ashman, Guitarist
  • Raja Ashman Shah, Raja Kechil Sulung of Perak
  • Bethan Ashman, Actor
  • Matthew Ashman, Guitarist
  • Brooks Ashmanskas, Actor
  • Raja Ashman Shah, Raja Kechil Sulung of Perak
  • Dimitriy Ashman, Musician
  • Brooks Ashmanskas, Actor

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