Last Name ASHBY

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Meaning	Local: Of Ashby, parishes in diocsines of Lincoln, Norwich, and Peterborough. Local: The house by the "ash," or the village on a place abounding in ash-trees; by signifying a villa or habitation.

Origin	English, Anglo-Saxon, French, German, Maori

Rank	1,985 (2000 US census)	1,832 (1990 US census)

Count	16,723 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that

82.46%, or 13790 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
13.23%, or 2212 total occurrences, as black,
0.38%, or 64 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
0.59%, or 99 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
1.51%, or 253 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
1.82%, or 304 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.

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