The ashford Surname

ashford Name Meaning and History

English: habitational name from any of several places called Ashford. Those in Essex, Devon, Derbyshire, and Shropshire are named from Old English æsc ‘ash’ + ford ‘ford’. One in Surrey is first recorded in 969 as Ecelesford, probably from a personal name Eccel, a diminutive of Ecca ‘edge (of a sword)’ + ford. The one in Kent is from æscet ‘clump of ash trees’ + ford.

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The ashford name in History

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Distribution of ashford Families in the US in 1920

Number of ashford families

55-108

19-54

1-18

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