Last Name ASHLEY

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Meaning	Local: Of Ashley, parishes in diocsines of Canterbury, Chester, Ely, Gloucester, and Bristol, Lichfield, Peterborough, Winchester, and Oxford. Local: The lea, field, or pasture abounding in ash-trees. 'Leegh,' 'ley,' or 'lea,' signifying uncultivated grounds or pastures; lands untilled, generally used as commons.

Origin	English, Anglo-Saxon, French, German, South african

Rank	852 (2000 US census)	725 (1990 US census)

Count	37,021 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that

74.37%, or 27533 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
19.6%, or 7256 total occurrences, as black,
0.39%, or 144 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
2.36%, or 874 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
1.7%, or 629 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
1.58%, or 585 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.

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