Ashdown
English
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Etymology
[edit]Perhaps a habitational surname from a lost place in Berkshire, from Old English æsċ (“ash tree”) + dūn (“mountain, hill”); compare Ashdon, which shares the same etymology. The Battle of Ashdown refers to it.
Proper noun
[edit]Ashdown (countable and uncountable, plural Ashdowns)
- A surname from Old English.
- A city, the county seat of Little River County, Arkansas, United States.
Statistics
[edit]- According to the 2010 United States Census, Ashdown is the 28909th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 822 individuals. Ashdown is most common among White (94.53%) individuals.
Further reading
[edit]- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Ashdown”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 62.
Categories:
- English terms derived from Old English
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- English countable nouns
- English surnames
- English surnames from Old English
- en:Cities in Arkansas, USA
- en:Cities in the United States
- en:County seats of Arkansas, USA
- en:Places in Arkansas, USA
- en:Places in the United States