Asa Forename
2,510th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 410,689 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
Nepal
Asa Forename Definition:
Ay'-sah, physician, cure. The son and successor of Abijam, king of Judah: he began to reign A. M. 3049, and B. C. 955. He reigned forty-one years at Jerusalem, and did right in the sight of the Lord. 1 Kings xv. 8.
Asa Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| India | 100% | 281,812 | 1:4,311 | 480 |
| Nepal | 78% | 74,015 | 1:385 | 60 |
| Bangladesh | 100% | 12,830 | 1:12,429 | 1,568 |
| United States | 89% | 7,140 | 1:50,775 | 2,819 |
| Nigeria | 78% | 4,692 | 1:37,844 | 3,073 |
| Japan | 100% | 4,403 | 1:29,068 | 2,098 |
| Indonesia | 84% | 3,843 | 1:67,126 | 8,100 |
| Uganda | 68% | 2,258 | 1:18,139 | 1,515 |
| Egypt | 61% | 1,822 | 1:50,440 | 2,887 |
| South Africa | 94% | 1,587 | 1:34,362 | 3,993 |
| England | 85% | 1,209 | 1:45,991 | 2,238 |
| DR Congo | 80% | 1,150 | 1:64,198 | 3,849 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 1,145 | 1:18,165 | 2,459 |
| Thailand | 71% | 1,104 | 1:63,465 | 6,311 |
| Zambia | - | 1,070 | 1:14,818 | 1,429 |
| Tanzania | 53% | 960 | 1:54,988 | 3,874 |
| Papua New Guinea | 65% | 886 | 1:9,201 | 927 |
| Afghanistan | 76% | 848 | 1:38,471 | 2,123 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 816 | 1:37,760 | 4,574 |
| Zimbabwe | 61% | 749 | 1:20,593 | 2,236 |
| Pakistan | 82% | 684 | 1:284,149 | 8,345 |
| Vietnam | 89% | 539 | 1:171,843 | 1,219 |
| Malaysia | 67% | 473 | 1:64,376 | 5,030 |
| Israel | 91% | 376 | 1:22,348 | 2,024 |
| Russia | 74% | 345 | 1:418,069 | 4,888 |
| Poland | 58% | 330 | 1:115,234 | 2,410 |
| Philippines | 52% | 308 | 1:344,187 | 12,894 |
| Ghana | - | 281 | 1:96,036 | 4,158 |
| Sweden | 87% | 274 | 1:35,978 | 2,105 |
| Iran | 100% | 265 | 1:296,215 | 4,546 |
| Malawi | 80% | 169 | 1:101,256 | 5,457 |
| Iraq | 100% | 154 | 1:227,389 | 3,692 |
| Canada | 100% | 144 | 1:230,093 | 8,278 |
| Bahamas | - | 112 | 1:3,566 | 635 |
| Brazil | 100% | 107 | 1:2,002,207 | 42,180 |
| Qatar | 67% | 107 | 1:22,146 | 3,142 |
| Kuwait | - | 95 | 1:39,845 | 3,619 |
| Germany | 88% | 86 | 1:1,124,161 | 8,377 |
| Kazakhstan | 81% | 81 | 1:219,097 | 4,683 |
| Kenya | - | 78 | 1:593,681 | 15,370 |
| Congo | 50% | 74 | 1:67,692 | 4,764 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 61 | 1:22,318 | 2,553 |
| New Zealand | - | 55 | 1:82,474 | 3,753 |
| Portugal | - | 55 | 1:189,288 | 4,092 |
| Jamaica | - | 54 | 1:53,393 | 2,955 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 49 | 1:145,959 | 10,004 |
| Australia | - | 45 | 1:303,503 | 6,091 |
| Denmark | - | 45 | 1:125,544 | 3,329 |
| Scotland | 87% | 44 | 1:121,599 | 2,661 |
| China | - | 43 | 1:31,768,739 | 61,161 |
| Netherlands | 80% | 42 | 1:402,431 | 10,980 |
| Iceland | - | 39 | 1:9,385 | 882 |
| Switzerland | 98% | 36 | 1:228,153 | 5,031 |
| Wales | 93% | 34 | 1:91,009 | 2,348 |
| France | 100% | 33 | 1:2,014,253 | 11,794 |
| Liberia | 69% | 32 | 1:137,877 | 5,438 |
| Cambodia | 81% | 29 | 1:561,149 | 11,411 |
| Finland | 100% | 29 | 1:189,075 | 3,312 |
| Italy | 56% | 28 | 1:2,180,789 | 14,677 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 26 | 1:914,219 | 36,896 |
| Mexico | 56% | 25 | 1:4,965,777 | 20,003 |
| Botswana | - | 21 | 1:104,021 | 8,595 |
| Norway | 100% | 21 | 1:244,397 | 5,727 |
| Solomon Islands | 100% | 19 | 1:30,577 | 2,198 |
| Belgium | 100% | 18 | 1:638,336 | 9,306 |
| Azerbaijan | 90% | 16 | 1:602,684 | 11,321 |
| Ethiopia | 100% | 16 | 1:6,097,508 | 12,067 |
| Lebanon | 100% | 15 | 1:375,171 | 5,607 |
| Spain | - | 15 | 1:3,101,998 | 13,742 |
| Belarus | 67% | 14 | 1:677,313 | 4,005 |
| Guam | - | 14 | 1:11,475 | 1,503 |
| Hong Kong | - | 13 | 1:596,363 | 4,636 |
| Yemen | - | 13 | 1:2,022,827 | 3,647 |
| Saint Lucia | 100% | 11 | 1:16,165 | 1,838 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 11 | 1:2,745,627 | 44,124 |
| Luxembourg | 100% | 10 | 1:56,405 | 2,050 |
| American Samoa | - | 9 | 1:6,205 | 1,322 |
| Ecuador | - | 9 | 1:1,969,658 | 11,243 |
| Estonia | 50% | 9 | 1:146,153 | 5,307 |
| Mozambique | - | 9 | 1:3,027,040 | 2,336 |
| Niger | 50% | 9 | 1:2,131,555 | 25,465 |
| Singapore | - | 8 | 1:785,882 | 13,409 |
| Ukraine | 67% | 8 | 1:5,687,488 | 9,604 |
| Cameroon | 83% | 7 | 1:3,087,215 | 57,282 |
| Guyana | - | 7 | 1:109,037 | 8,020 |
| Ivory Coast | 100% | 7 | 1:3,296,562 | 60,611 |
| Kosovo | - | 7 | 1:265,920 | 9,118 |
| Lesotho | 83% | 7 | 1:291,428 | 17,845 |
| Syria | - | 7 | 1:2,758,011 | 4,869 |
| Armenia | 67% | 6 | 1:486,459 | 5,701 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 50% | 6 | 1:995,546 | 22,001 |
| Chile | - | 5 | 1:3,521,442 | 19,163 |
| Faroe Islands | - | 5 | 1:9,825 | 1,060 |
| Senegal | 100% | 5 | 1:2,916,271 | 15,947 |
| Austria | 100% | 4 | 1:2,128,550 | 10,134 |
| Bulgaria | 67% | 4 | 1:1,747,598 | 14,265 |
| Burkina Faso | 100% | 4 | 1:4,594,867 | 56,462 |
| Madagascar | - | 4 | 1:5,907,352 | 4,093 |
| Somalia | - | 4 | 1:3,381,467 | 5,208 |
| Tunisia | 100% | 4 | 1:169,226 | 7,289 |
| Turkmenistan | 100% | 4 | 1:1,368,218 | 2,487 |
| Costa Rica | - | 3 | 1:1,589,316 | 14,648 |
| Cyprus | - | 3 | 1:290,359 | 3,456 |
| Jersey | - | 3 | 1:33,327 | 1,495 |
| Nicaragua | 100% | 3 | 1:2,006,112 | 19,543 |
| Panama | - | 3 | 1:1,302,186 | 25,104 |
| Romania | - | 3 | 1:6,683,992 | 44,661 |
| Ireland | 100% | 2 | 1:2,321,760 | 8,894 |
| Argentina | 100% | 2 | 1:21,386,622 | 29,627 |
| Bolivia | - | 2 | 1:5,300,702 | 6,605 |
| Cape Verde | - | 2 | 1:264,576 | 4,841 |
| Czechia | 65% | 2 | 1:5,328,081 | 8,108 |
| Greece | - | 2 | 1:5,467,274 | 17,678 |
| Honduras | - | 2 | 1:4,408,734 | 23,808 |
| Mauritania | 100% | 2 | 1:2,047,620 | 19,390 |
| Paraguay | 50% | 2 | 1:3,618,402 | 11,946 |
| Serbia | 100% | 2 | 1:3,572,860 | 8,125 |
| Slovenia | - | 2 | 1:1,229,379 | 6,326 |
| Algeria | - | 1 | 1:38,176,720 | 32,669 |
| Barbados | - | 1 | 1:289,789 | 3,893 |
| Benin | - | 1 | 1:10,575,843 | 90,010 |
| Bermuda | - | 1 | 1:64,826 | 2,481 |
| British Virgin Islands | - | 1 | 1:31,250 | 1,787 |
| Brunei | - | 1 | 1:419,570 | 3,266 |
| Chad | 100% | 1 | 1:13,598,398 | 15,363 |
| Colombia | - | 1 | 1:47,778,926 | 95,497 |
| Comoros | - | 1 | 1:761,339 | 901 |
| Croatia | - | 1 | 1:4,217,076 | 20,943 |
| El Salvador | - | 1 | 1:6,341,786 | 16,428 |
| Falkland Islands | - | 1 | 1:3,142 | 392 |
| French Polynesia | - | 1 | 1:277,902 | 3,605 |
| Georgia | - | 1 | 1:3,738,466 | 29,095 |
| Greenland | - | 1 | 1:56,371 | 1,395 |
| Isle of Man | - | 1 | 1:85,023 | 723 |
| Libya | - | 1 | 1:6,221,309 | 3,060 |
| Macau | - | 1 | 1:608,209 | 2,350 |
| North Macedonia | 100% | 1 | 1:2,090,757 | 15,787 |
| Marshall Islands | 100% | 1 | 1:51,230 | 5,014 |
| Mauritius | - | 1 | 1:1,297,784 | 13,721 |
| Moldova | - | 1 | 1:3,561,139 | 8,690 |
| Morocco | - | 1 | 1:34,348,636 | 18,260 |
| Namibia | - | 1 | 1:2,404,179 | 16,970 |
| New Caledonia | - | 1 | 1:270,164 | 3,221 |
| Oman | - | 1 | 1:4,108,667 | 12,526 |
| Peru | 100% | 1 | 1:31,791,454 | 110,866 |
| Rwanda | - | 1 | 1:11,371,433 | 4,615 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | - | 1 | 1:54,861 | 2,604 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100% | 1 | 1:111,580 | 7,062 |
| San Marino | - | 1 | 1:32,920 | 787 |
| Slovakia | - | 1 | 1:5,310,063 | 9,949 |
| South Korea | - | 1 | 1:5,544,421 | 37,250 |
| Sudan | - | 1 | 1:37,806,975 | 10,689 |
| Tajikistan | 100% | 1 | 1:8,374,922 | 7,831 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | - | 1 | 1:34,707 | 1,398 |
| Tuvalu | - | 1 | 1:11,131 | 89 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 1 | 1:109,747 | 4,493 |
| Uzbekistan | - | 1 | 1:30,786,440 | 17,476 |
The alternate forms: Ása (747), Aşa (646), Aša (27) & Äsa (1) are calculated separately.
Asa (51,242) may also be a surname.
Asa Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
Ay'-sah, physician, cure. The son and successor of Abijam, king of Judah: he began to reign A. M. 3049, and B. C. 955. He reigned forty-one years at Jerusalem, and did right in the sight of the Lord. 1 Kings xv. 8.
— The Proper Names of The Bible (1855) by John Farrar
Meaning: healer: injurious (?).
— A Dictionary of the Proper Names of the Old and New Testament (1909) by James Beaumont Jackson
A Hebrew name, meaning: God healeth: healer: physician.
— Dictionary of Given Names with Origins and Meanings (1934) by Flora Haines Loughead
Asa Forename Popularity
Asa Demographics
Asa Religious Adherence
in Russia
Sample size: 13 (2016)
Religious Adherence
in Russia
Phonetically Similar Names
Asa Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Asa in the Russian language | ||
| Аса | asa | - |
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