Ashmore
English
editEtymology
editFrom Old English æsċ (“ash-tree”) + mere (“pond, pool, lake”).
Proper noun
editAshmore (countable and uncountable, plural Ashmores)
- (uncountable) A placename:
- A village and civil parish in North Dorset district, Dorset, England (OS grid ref ST9117).
- A village in Coles County, Illinois, United States.
- (countable) A habitational surname from Old English.
Statistics
edit- According to the 2010 United States Census, Ashmore is the 5642nd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 6155 individuals. Ashmore is most common among White (85.91%) individuals.
Further reading
edit- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Ashmore”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 63.
Categories:
- English terms derived from Old English
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- English countable nouns
- en:Villages in Dorset, England
- en:Villages in England
- en:Civil parishes of England
- en:Places in Dorset, England
- en:Places in England
- en:Villages in Illinois, USA
- en:Villages in the United States
- en:Places in Illinois, USA
- en:Places in the United States
- English surnames
- English surnames from Old English