Explore the Family Name Asquith

The meaning of Asquith

English: habitational name from a village in North Yorkshire named Askwith, from Old Norse askr ‘ash tree’ + vithr ‘wood’.

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How common is the last name Asquith in the United States?

Based on data from the Decennial U.S. Census, the surname Asquith has seen a slight decrease in popularity between 2000 and 2010. In the year 2000, Asquith was ranked as the 36,807th most popular surname and this rank fell to 38,850 by 2010, indicating a 5.55% drop in its popularity. The frequency of individuals with the Asquith surname also declined slightly during the same period, with a count of 572 in 2000 that dipped to 568 in 2010, showing a small decrease of 0.7%. Consequently, the proportion of the Asquith surname per 100,000 people also decreased by 9.52%.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#36,807	#38,850	-5.55%
Count	572	568	-0.7%
Proportion per 100k	0.21	0.19	-9.52%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Asquith

The ethnic identity associated with the Asquith surname, as reported by the Decennial U.S. Census, shows a predominant association with the White ethnicity, though it has seen a minor decrease from 91.96% in 2000 to 90.85% in 2010. The next significant ethnicity is Black, accounting for 6.12% in 2000 and increasing to 6.69% in 2010. During this decade, there was also an appearance of the Hispanic ethnicity, which accounted for 1.06% in 2010, up from 0% in 2000. People identifying with two or more races have also seen some increase, moving from 0.87% in 2000 to 1.06% in 2010. However, there were no individuals identified as Asian/Pacific Islander or American Indian and Alaskan Native.

	2000	2010	Change
White	91.96%	90.85%	-1.21%
Black	6.12%	6.69%	9.31%
Two or More Races	0.87%	1.06%	21.84%
Hispanic	0%	1.06%	0%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%