How rare is the last name Asher?

12,567 people in the United States have the last name Asher, about 1 in 23,784. It ranks #2,792 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census, tied with 1 other.

last name

ASHER

#2,792

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
12,567
About
1 in 23,784
This common or more
51.7%
Who bears it

Of the 12,567 people with the last name Asher, 85.5% reported their origin as White, 4.2% as two or more races and 3.5% as Hispanic or Latino. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Exactly as common as Asher

1 other last name also has 12,567 people.

#2,792 Slack · 12,567

Either side of Asher

#2,790 Stamper · 12,577#2,791 Garibay · 12,573#2,792 Slack · 12,567#2,794 Aguayo · 12,564

Spelled almost the same

4 last names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Asher, most common first.

#20,911 Ascher · 1,279#53,865 Asker · 414#64,360 Ashar · 334#139,785 Ashker · 123

Also a first name

As a first name, Asher ranks #798 of 53,615, with 61,307 people. As a baby name it peaked in 2022, with 8,527 births. See Asher as a first name

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