Askwith

English

Alternative forms

• (surname): Asquith

Etymology

From Old Norse askr (“ash tree”) + viðr (“tree, wood”).

Proper noun

Askwith (countable and uncountable, plural Askwiths)

1. A village and civil parish in the Harrogate district, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE169482).
2. A ghost town in Piscataquis County, Maine, United States.
3. A habitational surname from Old Norse.

Statistics

• According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Askwith is the 13094^th most common surname in England, belonging to 420 individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Askwith”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 64.