Asim Forename
2,537th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 406,266 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Asim Forename User-submission:
The name Asim means 'guardian' or 'one who safeguards'. It comes from the Arabic root ع-س-م ('-s-m), which means 'protector' or 'defender'. Variants of the name include alternate spellings such as Aasim or Aseem, influenced by regional pronunciation differences.
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| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| India | 100% | 121,270 | 1:10,018 | 1,337 |
| Pakistan | 88% | 83,834 | 1:2,318 | 405 |
| Sudan | 100% | 61,675 | 1:613 | 107 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 45,577 | 1:676 | 103 |
| Turkey | 100% | 25,844 | 1:3,010 | 582 |
| Bangladesh | 100% | 16,221 | 1:9,831 | 1,267 |
| Indonesia | 100% | 13,092 | 1:19,704 | 2,778 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 100% | 8,088 | 1:436 | 90 |
| Azerbaijan | 100% | 7,115 | 1:1,355 | 324 |
| Egypt | 97% | 3,015 | 1:30,481 | 2,046 |
| Oman | 100% | 2,940 | 1:1,398 | 213 |
| United States | 100% | 2,708 | 1:133,876 | 5,452 |
| England | 100% | 2,589 | 1:21,477 | 1,332 |
| Canada | 100% | 978 | 1:33,879 | 2,583 |
| Russia | 100% | 950 | 1:151,825 | 2,502 |
| Afghanistan | 68% | 915 | 1:35,654 | 2,041 |
| Serbia | 100% | 554 | 1:12,898 | 991 |
| Germany | 100% | 513 | 1:188,456 | 3,002 |
| Slovenia | 100% | 468 | 1:5,254 | 640 |
| Israel | 99% | 466 | 1:18,032 | 1,779 |
| Bahrain | - | 459 | 1:2,938 | 469 |
| Albania | 100% | 417 | 1:7,306 | 1,274 |
| Nigeria | 76% | 405 | 1:438,431 | 14,400 |
| Philippines | 98% | 398 | 1:266,355 | 10,786 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 396 | 1:18,061 | 1,855 |
| Malaysia | 92% | 359 | 1:84,819 | 6,236 |
| Kosovo | - | 319 | 1:5,835 | 999 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 286 | 1:72,724 | 6,418 |
| Croatia | 100% | 279 | 1:15,115 | 952 |
| North Macedonia | 100% | 275 | 1:7,603 | 1,138 |
| Sweden | 100% | 271 | 1:36,376 | 2,122 |
| Austria | 100% | 246 | 1:34,611 | 1,233 |
| Poland | 100% | 236 | 1:161,132 | 3,078 |
| Georgia | 100% | 233 | 1:16,045 | 1,257 |
| Montenegro | 100% | 158 | 1:4,016 | 645 |
| Scotland | 100% | 150 | 1:35,669 | 1,308 |
| Spain | 100% | 148 | 1:314,392 | 5,081 |
| Northern Cyprus | 100% | 144 | 1:2,209 | 481 |
| Australia | - | 139 | 1:98,256 | 3,561 |
| Uzbekistan | 75% | 136 | 1:226,371 | 5,030 |
| Denmark | - | 125 | 1:45,196 | 1,809 |
| Maldives | 99% | 120 | 1:3,616 | 198 |
| Tajikistan | 100% | 95 | 1:88,157 | 2,897 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 91 | 1:90,258 | 2,974 |
| Iraq | 100% | 87 | 1:402,504 | 4,983 |
| France | 84% | 85 | 1:782,004 | 6,849 |
| Kuwait | - | 85 | 1:44,533 | 4,106 |
| Norway | 100% | 85 | 1:60,380 | 2,326 |
| Thailand | 100% | 83 | 1:844,166 | 33,069 |
| Greece | 100% | 70 | 1:156,208 | 3,514 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 67 | 1:252,270 | 8,550 |
| Kazakhstan | 90% | 66 | 1:268,892 | 5,253 |
| Bulgaria | 100% | 62 | 1:112,748 | 3,783 |
| Cambodia | 95% | 61 | 1:266,776 | 7,560 |
| Yemen | - | 58 | 1:453,392 | 2,289 |
| Belgium | 100% | 53 | 1:216,793 | 5,110 |
| Ireland | 100% | 51 | 1:91,049 | 2,347 |
| South Africa | 100% | 50 | 1:1,090,653 | 40,324 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 45 | 1:30,254 | 3,196 |
| New Zealand | - | 42 | 1:108,001 | 4,458 |
| Nepal | - | 40 | 1:712,184 | 17,820 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 59% | 32 | 1:186,665 | 9,359 |
| Qatar | 100% | 31 | 1:76,439 | 9,122 |
| Jordan | 88% | 27 | 1:326,918 | 3,207 |
| Wales | 100% | 27 | 1:114,604 | 2,631 |
| Papua New Guinea | 67% | 25 | 1:326,093 | 26,118 |
| Singapore | - | 25 | 1:251,482 | 9,031 |
| Uganda | 100% | 21 | 1:1,950,330 | 25,877 |
| Finland | 70% | 17 | 1:322,540 | 4,487 |
| Italy | 99% | 17 | 1:3,591,888 | 20,165 |
| Belarus | 100% | 14 | 1:677,313 | 4,005 |
| China | - | 14 | 1:97,575,413 | 64,568 |
| Guyana | 100% | 14 | 1:54,519 | 4,997 |
| Iran | - | 14 | 1:5,606,919 | 20,569 |
| Brazil | - | 13 | 1:16,479,704 | 171,823 |
| Luxembourg | 100% | 11 | 1:51,277 | 1,980 |
| Palestine | 100% | 10 | 1:455,006 | 3,080 |
| Angola | - | 9 | 1:2,996,290 | 3,522 |
| Ghana | - | 9 | 1:2,998,468 | 5,965 |
| Japan | - | 9 | 1:14,220,673 | 39,809 |
| Libya | - | 9 | 1:691,257 | 1,282 |
| Hong Kong | - | 8 | 1:969,091 | 5,961 |
| South Korea | - | 7 | 1:792,060 | 15,859 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 6 | 1:16,566 | 2,341 |
| British Virgin Islands | - | 6 | 1:5,208 | 987 |
| Czechia | 75% | 6 | 1:1,776,027 | 4,577 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 6 | 1:3,961,614 | 68,952 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | - | 5 | 1:10,972 | 1,354 |
| Botswana | - | 4 | 1:546,112 | 13,807 |
| Kenya | - | 4 | 1:11,576,778 | 40,588 |
| Madagascar | - | 4 | 1:5,907,352 | 4,093 |
| Malawi | - | 4 | 1:4,278,078 | 13,569 |
| Morocco | - | 4 | 1:8,587,159 | 11,086 |
| Portugal | - | 4 | 1:2,602,716 | 8,189 |
| Somaliland | 100% | 4 | 1:875,444 | 1,234 |
| Turkmenistan | - | 4 | 1:1,368,218 | 2,487 |
| Paraguay | 100% | 3 | 1:2,412,268 | 9,978 |
| Tanzania | - | 3 | 1:17,596,106 | 69,562 |
| Zambia | - | 3 | 1:5,284,931 | 37,895 |
| Cameroon | 100% | 2 | 1:10,805,252 | 86,897 |
| Colombia | - | 2 | 1:23,889,463 | 63,722 |
| Ecuador | - | 2 | 1:8,863,460 | 21,868 |
| Iceland | - | 2 | 1:183,008 | 5,215 |
| Mauritania | - | 2 | 1:2,047,620 | 19,390 |
| Namibia | - | 2 | 1:1,202,090 | 12,702 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 2 | 1:54,874 | 3,819 |
| Venezuela | - | 2 | 1:15,100,946 | 147,145 |
| Northern Ireland | 100% | 1 | 1:1,843,146 | 3,737 |
| Algeria | - | 1 | 1:38,176,720 | 32,669 |
| Andorra | - | 1 | 1:82,887 | 1,356 |
| Argentina | 100% | 1 | 1:42,773,243 | 43,333 |
| Bhutan | 100% | 1 | 1:824,928 | 6,865 |
| Brunei | 100% | 1 | 1:419,570 | 3,266 |
| Burkina Faso | 100% | 1 | 1:18,379,469 | 100,219 |
| Burundi | - | 1 | 1:9,906,559 | 2,558 |
| Chile | 100% | 1 | 1:17,607,208 | 48,996 |
| Congo | - | 1 | 1:5,009,205 | 37,978 |
| Djibouti | - | 1 | 1:915,664 | 2,132 |
| East Timor | - | 1 | 1:1,218,375 | 811 |
| Fiji | - | 1 | 1:892,378 | 3,968 |
| Jersey | - | 1 | 1:99,980 | 2,122 |
| Lebanon | 100% | 1 | 1:5,627,571 | 19,299 |
| Liechtenstein | - | 1 | 1:37,856 | 1,091 |
| Malta | - | 1 | 1:429,360 | 3,141 |
| Moldova | - | 1 | 1:3,561,139 | 8,690 |
| Mozambique | - | 1 | 1:27,243,357 | 5,091 |
| Niger | 100% | 1 | 1:19,183,994 | 77,442 |
| Panama | - | 1 | 1:3,906,557 | 40,800 |
| Peru | 100% | 1 | 1:31,791,454 | 110,866 |
| Romania | - | 1 | 1:20,051,976 | 55,376 |
| Saint Lucia | 100% | 1 | 1:177,815 | 8,104 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100% | 1 | 1:111,580 | 7,062 |
| Syria | - | 1 | 1:19,306,075 | 9,560 |
| Tunisia | - | 1 | 1:676,902 | 12,933 |
| Ukraine | - | 1 | 1:45,499,908 | 32,056 |
| Vanuatu | - | 1 | 1:261,792 | 1,604 |
| Zimbabwe | - | 1 | 1:15,423,817 | 113,731 |
The alternate forms: Ašim (542), Aşim (5), Ásim (2) & Asîm (1) are calculated separately.
Asim (98,301) may also be a surname.
Asim Forename Meaning
User-submitted Reference
The name Asim means 'guardian' or 'one who safeguards'. It comes from the Arabic root ع-س-م ('-s-m), which means 'protector' or 'defender'. Variants of the name include alternate spellings such as Aasim or Aseem, influenced by regional pronunciation differences.
- syedhumaid109The name Asim means 'one who protects' or 'defender'. It comes from the Arabic root ع-س-م (a-s-m), which means 'protecting', 'guarding', or 'defending'.
- syedhumaid109Asim Forename Popularity
Asim Demographics
Asim Political Affiliation
in United States
Sample size: 378 (2014)
United States
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Asim Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Asim in the Russian language | ||
| Асим | asim | - |
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