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Origin Of The Surname Ashman
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Meaning Of The Surname Ashman
Sea Man
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Interesting
Facts About
Ashman
Ashman is thought to have been an occupational surname long ago. It is found in records to also have been used as a first name, so people with the surname nowadays could be descendants of an original bearer of the surname, or could have ancestors who simply had this name as a first name and whose children then took this as a patronymic surname. Original bearers of the occupational surname would have been seamen or perhaps even pirates. The ‘ash’ element is thought to come from the Old English ‘aesc’ meaning ash, combined with man to mean a man who went to sea in a boat made of ash. As it translates literally as ‘ash man’ it is thought that the surname could have also been topographical, given to a person living by an ash tree. Its connection to the sea is strengthened by its similarity to the Old English ‘qescman’ meaning ‘sea man’. |
Ashman Statistics
Ashman is the number 1623 ranked surname in the United Kingdom.
According to our statistics around 6,378 share the surname Ashman in the UK.
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