Ashdown

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.

Ashdown (countable and uncountable, plural Ashdowns)

1. A surname from Old English.
2. A city, the county seat of Little River County, Arkansas, United States.

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Ashdown is the 28909^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 822 individuals. Ashdown is most common among White (94.53%) individuals.

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Ashdown”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 62.