Asia Forename
1,929th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 521,472 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
Bangladesh
Highest density in:
Eritrea
Asia Forename Definition:
Ay'-she-a, muddy, boggy. One of the four great divisions of the earth. It is also used in a more restricted sense for Asia Minor, or Anatolia. In the New Testament it always signifies the Roman Proconsular Asia, in which the seven Apocalyptic churches were situated.
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| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bangladesh | 100% | 89,447 | 1:1,783 | 235 |
| Tanzania | 100% | 82,947 | 1:636 | 135 |
| Pakistan | 100% | 66,748 | 1:2,912 | 481 |
| Poland | 100% | 40,478 | 1:939 | 147 |
| Sudan | 100% | 29,350 | 1:1,288 | 247 |
| India | 100% | 27,870 | 1:43,591 | 5,947 |
| Eritrea | 91% | 26,542 | 1:179 | 68 |
| Indonesia | 100% | 18,477 | 1:13,961 | 1,979 |
| Iraq | 67% | 15,402 | 1:2,274 | 420 |
| Yemen | - | 15,399 | 1:1,708 | 257 |
| Somaliland | 100% | 11,733 | 1:298 | 61 |
| Oman | 100% | 11,572 | 1:355 | 54 |
| Afghanistan | 99% | 9,461 | 1:3,448 | 549 |
| United States | 100% | 9,054 | 1:40,042 | 2,439 |
| Uganda | 99% | 7,932 | 1:5,164 | 615 |
| Kazakhstan | 99% | 4,716 | 1:3,763 | 507 |
| Somalia | - | 4,388 | 1:3,082 | 441 |
| Egypt | 99% | 4,142 | 1:22,188 | 1,649 |
| Ukraine | 100% | 4,032 | 1:11,285 | 269 |
| Nigeria | 99% | 3,865 | 1:45,942 | 3,458 |
| Russia | 99% | 3,535 | 1:40,802 | 939 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 3,151 | 1:2,270 | 256 |
| Kenya | - | 2,713 | 1:17,069 | 1,782 |
| Uzbekistan | 100% | 2,639 | 1:11,666 | 1,398 |
| Jordan | 100% | 2,325 | 1:3,796 | 533 |
| England | 100% | 2,188 | 1:25,413 | 1,477 |
| DR Congo | 99% | 2,020 | 1:36,548 | 2,595 |
| Philippines | 97% | 1,630 | 1:65,036 | 4,271 |
| Georgia | 100% | 1,410 | 1:2,651 | 402 |
| Lebanon | 93% | 1,402 | 1:4,014 | 638 |
| Morocco | 100% | 1,310 | 1:26,220 | 1,457 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 1,106 | 1:9,432 | 1,126 |
| Palestine | 100% | 1,058 | 1:4,301 | 612 |
| Ghana | 86% | 1,011 | 1:26,693 | 1,799 |
| Spain | 100% | 956 | 1:48,672 | 1,966 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 933 | 1:33,025 | 4,029 |
| Kuwait | - | 864 | 1:4,381 | 575 |
| Tajikistan | 100% | 515 | 1:16,262 | 1,289 |
| Malaysia | 96% | 489 | 1:62,270 | 4,879 |
| Thailand | 67% | 437 | 1:160,334 | 11,462 |
| Algeria | 100% | 432 | 1:88,372 | 2,263 |
| Syria | - | 426 | 1:45,319 | 1,552 |
| Iran | 100% | 423 | 1:185,572 | 3,527 |
| South Africa | 93% | 416 | 1:131,088 | 9,690 |
| Qatar | 100% | 360 | 1:6,582 | 1,069 |
| Canada | 100% | 344 | 1:96,318 | 4,972 |
| Tunisia | 100% | 342 | 1:1,979 | 378 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 306 | 1:98,699 | 4,523 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 276 | 1:61,239 | 3,884 |
| Djibouti | - | 239 | 1:3,831 | 444 |
| Italy | 100% | 206 | 1:296,418 | 3,722 |
| Papua New Guinea | 70% | 189 | 1:43,134 | 4,198 |
| Germany | 100% | 158 | 1:611,885 | 5,928 |
| Sweden | 100% | 152 | 1:64,855 | 3,144 |
| Armenia | 100% | 127 | 1:22,982 | 1,271 |
| Cambodia | 94% | 97 | 1:167,766 | 5,857 |
| Albania | 100% | 90 | 1:33,851 | 3,586 |
| Scotland | 100% | 80 | 1:66,880 | 1,862 |
| Benin | 100% | 74 | 1:142,917 | 7,724 |
| Zimbabwe | 74% | 70 | 1:220,340 | 12,884 |
| Norway | 100% | 69 | 1:74,382 | 2,681 |
| Israel | 72% | 68 | 1:123,572 | 4,825 |
| Greece | 100% | 67 | 1:163,202 | 3,611 |
| Mexico | 100% | 60 | 1:2,069,074 | 12,147 |
| Bahrain | - | 59 | 1:22,859 | 3,234 |
| Belgium | 100% | 52 | 1:220,962 | 5,169 |
| China | - | 51 | 1:26,785,407 | 60,804 |
| Denmark | - | 51 | 1:110,774 | 3,086 |
| Brazil | 100% | 49 | 1:4,372,166 | 71,459 |
| Australia | - | 44 | 1:310,400 | 6,168 |
| France | 100% | 39 | 1:1,704,368 | 10,676 |
| Lithuania | 100% | 39 | 1:75,689 | 1,340 |
| Romania | 100% | 39 | 1:514,153 | 14,387 |
| Belarus | 100% | 37 | 1:256,281 | 2,042 |
| Ethiopia | 100% | 36 | 1:2,710,004 | 9,023 |
| Niger | 95% | 36 | 1:532,889 | 10,532 |
| Slovenia | 100% | 32 | 1:76,836 | 2,541 |
| New Zealand | - | 31 | 1:146,324 | 5,606 |
| Croatia | 100% | 29 | 1:145,416 | 2,989 |
| Portugal | - | 28 | 1:371,817 | 6,212 |
| Cameroon | 74% | 26 | 1:831,173 | 23,165 |
| Myanmar | - | 25 | 1:2,077,931 | 882 |
| Singapore | - | 23 | 1:273,350 | 9,239 |
| Moldova | 100% | 20 | 1:178,057 | 1,710 |
| Bulgaria | 100% | 19 | 1:367,915 | 6,773 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 100% | 18 | 1:331,849 | 12,621 |
| Burkina Faso | 100% | 17 | 1:1,081,145 | 29,013 |
| Botswana | - | 16 | 1:136,528 | 10,720 |
| Turkey | 100% | 14 | 1:5,557,265 | 23,905 |
| Argentina | 100% | 13 | 1:3,290,249 | 9,899 |
| Hong Kong | - | 13 | 1:596,363 | 4,636 |
| Wales | 100% | 13 | 1:238,024 | 4,015 |
| Ireland | - | 12 | 1:386,960 | 5,608 |
| Azerbaijan | 100% | 12 | 1:803,579 | 13,150 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 12 | 1:684,458 | 9,518 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 12 | 1:113,452 | 7,514 |
| Vietnam | - | 12 | 1:7,718,593 | 3,884 |
| Zambia | - | 12 | 1:1,321,233 | 17,217 |
| Ivory Coast | 100% | 11 | 1:2,097,812 | 47,531 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 11 | 1:2,160,880 | 53,386 |
| Abkhazia | 100% | 10 | 1:24,342 | 1,204 |
| Japan | - | 10 | 1:12,798,606 | 38,248 |
| Colombia | 100% | 9 | 1:5,308,770 | 29,121 |
| Liberia | 80% | 9 | 1:490,229 | 13,253 |
| Libya | - | 9 | 1:691,257 | 1,282 |
| Malawi | 50% | 9 | 1:1,901,368 | 9,999 |
| Peru | 100% | 9 | 1:3,532,384 | 29,289 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 9 | 1:2,311,010 | 7,931 |
| Turkmenistan | 100% | 9 | 1:608,097 | 1,859 |
| Namibia | - | 8 | 1:300,522 | 5,486 |
| Guam | - | 7 | 1:22,949 | 2,164 |
| Czechia | 100% | 6 | 1:1,776,027 | 4,577 |
| Lesotho | 100% | 5 | 1:407,999 | 22,262 |
| Panama | - | 5 | 1:781,311 | 18,191 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 5 | 1:710,060 | 4,535 |
| Austria | 100% | 4 | 1:2,128,550 | 10,134 |
| Bermuda | - | 4 | 1:16,206 | 1,525 |
| Chad | 100% | 4 | 1:3,399,600 | 8,891 |
| Jamaica | - | 4 | 1:720,807 | 13,486 |
| Malta | - | 4 | 1:107,340 | 2,111 |
| South Korea | 67% | 4 | 1:1,386,105 | 20,690 |
| Mauritania | 100% | 3 | 1:1,365,080 | 16,011 |
| South Ossetia | 100% | 3 | 1:17,850 | 685 |
| Bahamas | - | 2 | 1:199,685 | 2,758 |
| Bolivia | - | 2 | 1:5,300,702 | 6,605 |
| Chile | 75% | 2 | 1:8,803,604 | 33,591 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 2 | 1:2,383,974 | 18,662 |
| Cyprus | 100% | 2 | 1:435,538 | 3,859 |
| Finland | 100% | 2 | 1:2,741,592 | 19,235 |
| Haiti | - | 2 | 1:5,363,476 | 32,317 |
| Macau | - | 2 | 1:304,104 | 1,640 |
| Paraguay | 100% | 2 | 1:3,618,402 | 11,946 |
| Northern Ireland | - | 1 | 1:1,843,146 | 3,737 |
| Belize | - | 1 | 1:354,309 | 7,663 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | - | 1 | 1:3,524,458 | 8,651 |
| Congo | 100% | 1 | 1:5,009,205 | 37,978 |
| Equatorial Guinea | - | 1 | 1:1,137,689 | 1,044 |
| Estonia | - | 1 | 1:1,315,380 | 8,883 |
| French Polynesia | - | 1 | 1:277,902 | 3,605 |
| Guyana | - | 1 | 1:763,262 | 24,238 |
| Honduras | - | 1 | 1:8,817,467 | 33,018 |
| Hungary | - | 1 | 1:9,791,771 | 6,528 |
| Iceland | - | 1 | 1:366,017 | 7,938 |
| Jersey | - | 1 | 1:99,980 | 2,122 |
| Maldives | 100% | 1 | 1:433,903 | 5,827 |
| Marshall Islands | 100% | 1 | 1:51,230 | 5,014 |
| Mauritius | - | 1 | 1:1,297,784 | 13,721 |
| Monaco | - | 1 | 1:38,466 | 2,379 |
| Nepal | 100% | 1 | 1:28,487,352 | 119,417 |
| Rwanda | - | 1 | 1:11,371,433 | 4,615 |
| Saint Lucia | 100% | 1 | 1:177,815 | 8,104 |
| Senegal | 100% | 1 | 1:14,581,356 | 34,505 |
| Serbia | - | 1 | 1:7,145,721 | 10,629 |
| Solomon Islands | - | 1 | 1:580,957 | 8,641 |
| Transnistria | 100% | 1 | 1:475,638 | 2,115 |
| Uruguay | - | 1 | 1:3,427,637 | 13,958 |
The alternate forms: Ásia (2), Asïa (1) & Äsia (1) are calculated separately.
Asia (42,276) may also be a surname.
Asia Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
Ay'-she-a, muddy, boggy. One of the four great divisions of the earth. It is also used in a more restricted sense for Asia Minor, or Anatolia. In the New Testament it always signifies the Roman Proconsular Asia, in which the seven Apocalyptic churches were situated. Acts ii, 9.
— The Proper Names of The Bible (1855) by John Farrar
Meaning: slime: mire.
— A Dictionary of the Proper Names of the Old and New Testament (1909) by James Beaumont Jackson
Asia Forename Popularity
Asia Demographics
Asia Religious Adherence
in Russia
Sample size: 14 (2016)
Religious Adherence
in Russia
Phonetically Similar Names
Asia Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Asia in the Russian language | ||
| Асиа | asia | - |
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