Last Name ASHFORD

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Meaning	Local: Of Ashford, parishes in diocsines of Canterbury, Exeter, London, Southwell, and Hereford. Local: A town in Kent, England, on the river Ash or Esh - the ford over the Ash.

Origin	English, Anglo-Saxon, French, German

Rank	3,702 (2000 US census)	3,151 (1990 US census)

Count	8,801 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that

42.88%, or 3774 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
52.15%, or 4590 total occurrences, as black,
0.35%, or 31 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
0.44%, or 39 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
2.07%, or 182 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
2.1%, or 185 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.

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