Last Name ASKEW

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Meaning	Local: Of Aiskew, a township in the parish of Bedale, county York. Anne Askew (1521-46), protesting martyr, was he second daughter of Sir William Askew, or Ayscough, knight, who is generally stated to be of Kelsey, in Lincolnshire. The original form was Aiskew or Ayscough. This by intrusive 'n' became, in Lancashire, Ainscough and Ainscow. Local: 'Acksheugh,' hilly lands covered with oaks. Aschau, local, a town on the bend of a river in Sleawick, Denmark. 'Askew,' crooked, from the Danish.

Origin	English, Anglo-Saxon, French, German

Rank	2,530 (2000 US census)	1,932 (1990 US census)

Count	13,095 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that

48.44%, or 6343 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
48.32%, or 6328 total occurrences, as black,
0.26%, or 34 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
0.32%, or 42 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
1.49%, or 195 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
1.17%, or 153 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.

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