Askwith
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English
Alternative forms
- (surname): Asquith
Etymology
From Old Norse askr (“ash tree”) + viðr (“tree, wood”).
Proper noun
Askwith (countable and uncountable, plural Askwiths)
- A village and civil parish in the Harrogate district, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE169482).
- A ghost town in Piscataquis County, Maine, United States.
- A habitational surname from Old Norse.
Statistics
- According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Askwith is the 13094th 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: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 64.