How Many People Have the Last Name Ashton?
people had the surname Ashton in the 2010 US Census
About 1 in 24,038 people in the Census had this surname
Source: Census Bureau surname list
Surname Rank
Tied with 1 other
Per 100,000 People
In 2010
Largest Group
White
Change Since 2000
+644 people
👥 Race and Hispanic Origin
Most people with the surname Ashton (80.5%) are non-Hispanic White. The next largest group, 13.4%, are non-Hispanic Black. Among surnames where most people are non-Hispanic White, Ashton ranks #2,181. The mix barely changed from 2000: no group's share moved by 2 points or more.
📈 Change Since 2000
Ashton grew from 11,619 people in 2000 to 12,263 in 2010 (up 5.5%), and its rank fell from #2,830 to #2,922. The population grew faster, so its share still fell, from 4.31 to 4.16 people per 100,000.
| 2000 | 2010 | |
|---|---|---|
| People | 11,619 | 12,263 |
| Rank | #2,830 | #2,922 |
| Per 100,000 people | 4.31 | 4.16 |
🏆 Surnames Ranked Near Ashton
🔊 Surnames That Sound Alike
Same Soundex code as Ashton: A235
👤 Ashton as a First Name
Ashton is a first name too: about 105,572 people alive in the US today have it as a first name, an estimate from Social Security birth records.
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