Find out how popular the last name Aschenbrenner is in the United States and learn more about the meaning, history, and race and ethnic origin of people in America who are named Aschenbrenner.

Aschenbrenner, like all of the last names we have data for, is identified by the U.S. Census Bureau as a surname which has more than 100 occurrences in the United States in the Decennial Census survey. The most recent statistics we have for the Aschenbrenner surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Aschenbrenner in America

Aschenbrenner is the 18676th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Aschenbrenner surname appeared 1,472 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 1 people would have the surname Aschenbrenner.

We can also compare 2010 data for Aschenbrenner to data from the previous census in 2000. The table below contains all of the statistics for both years in a side-by-side comparison.

The history of the last name Aschenbrenner

The surname Aschenbrenner is of German origin, derived from the words "aschen" meaning ash and "brenner" meaning burner or charcoal burner. It is an occupational surname that refers to a person who worked as a charcoal burner or charcoal maker.

This surname is believed to have originated in the 13th or 14th century in various regions of Germany, particularly in areas where charcoal burning was a common occupation. The earliest recorded instances of this surname can be traced back to the late medieval period in various German regions and town records.

One of the earliest known references to the surname Aschenbrenner appears in the town records of Nuremberg, Germany, from the year 1397, where a person named Hans Aschenbrenner is mentioned as a resident. Another early record from the year 1428 mentions a Johann Aschenbrenner in the town of Rothenburg ob der Tauber, Germany.

In the 16th century, the surname Aschenbrenner appears in various historical documents in different parts of Germany, such as in the town records of Augsburg, where a Hans Aschenbrenner is mentioned in 1521. Other notable individuals with this surname include Johann Aschenbrenner (1554-1624), a German philosopher and theologian from Neustadt an der Waldnaab.

During the 17th and 18th centuries, the surname Aschenbrenner continued to be found in various German regions, including in church records and tax registers. One notable figure from this period was Johann Georg Aschenbrenner (1682-1742), a German physician and botanist from Königsberg, Prussia (now Kaliningrad, Russia).

In the 19th century, the surname Aschenbrenner spread to other parts of Europe and the world due to emigration. For example, Karl Aschenbrenner (1813-1868) was a German-born American landscape painter and lithographer who settled in the United States.

Other notable individuals with the surname Aschenbrenner include Hans Aschenbrenner (1898-1981), an Austrian painter and graphic artist, and Heinz Aschenbrenner (1923-2010), a German politician and member of the Bundestag (German parliament) from 1969 to 1987.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Aschenbrenner

We also have some data on the ancestry of people with the surname Aschenbrenner.

The below race categories are the modified race categories used in the Census Bureau's population estimates program. All people were categorized into six mutually exclusive racial and Hispanic origin groups:

1. White only
2. Black only
3. American Indian and Alaskan Native only
4. Asian and Pacific Islander only
5. Hispanic
6. Two or More Races

For the most recent 2010 census data, the race/ethnic origin breakdown for Aschenbrenner was:

Note: Any fields showing (S) means the data was suppressed for privacy so that the data does not in any way identify any specific individuals.

Since we have data from the previous census in 2000, we can also compare the values to see how the popularity of Aschenbrenner has changed in the 10 years between the two census surveys.

Data source

The last name data and ethnic breakdown of last names is sourced directly from the Decennial Census survey, conducted every 10 years by the United States Census Bureau.

The history and meaning of the name Aschenbrenner was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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