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

Ashline, 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 Ashline surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Ashline in America

Ashline is the 22404th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Ashline surname appeared 1,149 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 people would have the surname Ashline.

We can also compare 2010 data for Ashline 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 Ashline

The surname ASHLINE is of English origin, emerging in the late medieval period. It is thought to have derived from the Old English words "aesc" meaning ash tree and "linn" meaning pool or stream, suggesting it may have initially referred to someone who lived near a body of water surrounded by ash trees. The earliest recorded spelling is believed to be Asceline, found in the Pipe Rolls of Yorkshire in 1182.

One of the earliest known bearers of the name was Richard Ashline, a farmer mentioned in the Court Rolls of the Manor of Wakefield in Yorkshire in 1275. The Hundred Rolls of 1273 also list an Adam de Aschelinne as a landowner in Staffordshire. These records indicate the name was present in various parts of northern and central England during the 13th century.

In the 14th century, the name appears in the form of Aschelyne in the Subsidy Rolls of Worcestershire in 1327. The Placita de Quo Warranto, a record of land tenures from 1292-1293, mentions a William de Asschelyn as holding lands in Staffordshire. This suggests the name had spread across the Midlands by this time.

One of the earliest recorded instances of the modernized spelling ASHLINE can be found in the Parish Registers of St. Mary's Church in Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, where a Thomas Ashline was christened in 1587. In the 17th century, the name is recorded in various forms such as Ashlin, Ashlyne, and Ashline in parish records across counties like Essex, Hertfordshire, and Buckinghamshire.

Notable bearers of the surname include John Ashline (1640-1717), a wealthy merchant and landowner from Saffron Walden in Essex. Another was William Ashline (1702-1776), a renowned clockmaker from Boxford in Suffolk. In the 19th century, James Ashline (1819-1892) was a prominent politician and Member of Parliament for Salisbury.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Ashline

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

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 Ashline 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 Ashline 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 Ashline was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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