Astle

surname · Latin script

Meaning: 2. habitation name from a place in Ches., so called from OE (e)ast East + hyll Hill

Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

/ˈæsəɫ/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Astle is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • USUnited States1 in 245K(measured from records)
  • BEBelgium1 in 1.1M
  • ESSpain1 in 5M

carrying the name, as counted by each country's national register. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

United States (measured from records)

1,355 people, 2010

Sources
27 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 245K (inferred from the name graph)

United States

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Name dossier (print, CSV)

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

2. habitation name from a place in Ches., so called from OE (e)ast East + hyll Hill. Vars.: Astles; Astell, Astill (chiefly Notts.; see also Ashkettle).

Sources 1

  • A dictionary of surnames

Where in the world(measured from records)

Astle counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Astle is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
US United States1,3551 in 245K1.4KAstle27
BE Belgium111 in 1.1M11——
ES Spain101 in 5M10Astle3
GB United Kingdom——listedAstle18
BR Brazil———Astle9
PT Portugal———Astle4
HN Honduras———Astle2

1,355 people counted by Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010, 2010. Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020; the bbc-pronouncing-dictionary-british-names register; Familienaam.be — Belgian family-name frequency (population register); INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

1700180019002000Thomas Astle, b. 1735Philip Hills, b. 1768Jeff Astle, b. 1942John Astle, b. 1943Alec Astle, b. 1949Tom Astle, b. 1960David Astle, b. 1961Nathan Astle, b. 1971Lisa Astle, b. 1973Todd Astle, b. 1986
  • Thomas Astleb. 1735GBBritish antiquary and palaeographer; (1735-1803)
  • Philip Hillsb. 1768not in their usual name(1768-1830)
  • Jeff Astleb. 1942GBEnglish footballer (1942-2002)
  • John Astleb. 1943USAmerican politician
  • Alec Astleb. 1949NZNew Zealand cricketer
  • Tom Astleb. 1960USAmerican screenwriter, television producer and film producer
  • David Astleb. 1961AUMelbourne-based writer of non-fiction, fiction, plays and crosswords
  • Nathan Astleb. 1971NZNew Zealand cricketer
  • Lisa Astleb. 1973NZNew Zealand cricketer
  • Todd Astleb. 1986NZNew Zealand cricketer

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

How to address them(machine-generated)

FormalDear Astle,
InformalHello,

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 11 sources across 4 countries.

Official registers attesting Astle
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 202020201.4K#19,783
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 201020101.4K#19,834
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 200020001.3K#18,916
BE BelgiumFamilienaam.be — Belgian family-name frequency (population register)200811#66,939
ES SpainINE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos)—10#120,154
GB United KingdomBBC Pronouncing Dictionary of British Names———
GB United KingdomA Dictionary of Surnames (Hanks & Hodges, 1988)———
US United Stateswru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.)———

Reference works 2

  • Wikipedia surname tokens
  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

Where does the name Astle come from?
2. habitation name from a place in Ches., so called from OE (e)ast East + hyll Hill. Vars.: Astles; Astell, Astill (chiefly Notts.; see also Ashkettle). Recorded by A dictionary of surnames.
How do you pronounce Astle?
A machine transcription gives /ˈæsəɫ/ (IPA) for English.
What does the name Astle mean?
Recorded meaning: 2. habitation name from a place in Ches., so called from OE (e)ast East + hyll Hill.
In which country does Astle have the most bearers?
In the United States, the national register counted about 1.4 thousand people named Astle, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled astle.
Where is Astle most common?
Astle is densest in the United States, where the national register counts about 1 in 245 thousand people carrying it.
How common is the name Astle?
In the United States, the national register counted 1,355 people named Astle in 2010, about 1 in 245 thousand residents.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Astle”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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