Asta Forename
9,103rd
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 113,102 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
Cameroon
Highest density in:
Lithuania
Asta Forename Definition:
F. Somewhat rare in England, though fairly common in Germany, it may derive from the Greek for ‘a star’ or, more probably, be a contraction of Augusta, which, in Latin, means ‘venerable (one)’.
Asta Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 100% | 45,782 | 1:472 | 70 |
| Lithuania | 100% | 10,421 | 1:283 | 69 |
| Chad | 92% | 8,465 | 1:1,606 | 205 |
| Nepal | 56% | 7,597 | 1:3,750 | 537 |
| Senegal | 100% | 5,736 | 1:2,542 | 319 |
| Nigeria | 100% | 5,245 | 1:33,854 | 2,857 |
| Sweden | 100% | 4,710 | 1:2,093 | 325 |
| Finland | 100% | 4,477 | 1:1,225 | 260 |
| India | 61% | 3,569 | 1:340,397 | 30,550 |
| Denmark | - | 2,532 | 1:2,231 | 363 |
| Indonesia | 50% | 2,493 | 1:103,475 | 11,548 |
| Germany | 100% | 2,153 | 1:44,904 | 1,381 |
| Norway | 100% | 1,196 | 1:4,291 | 561 |
| Mali | 100% | 1,160 | 1:14,636 | 1,129 |
| Brazil | 100% | 1,154 | 1:185,647 | 8,497 |
| DR Congo | 94% | 1,020 | 1:72,380 | 4,199 |
| Estonia | 100% | 867 | 1:1,517 | 349 |
| United States | 100% | 832 | 1:435,742 | 12,038 |
| England | 99% | 537 | 1:103,544 | 3,909 |
| Italy | 87% | 352 | 1:173,472 | 2,613 |
| Uganda | 99% | 317 | 1:129,202 | 5,315 |
| Ivory Coast | 99% | 266 | 1:86,752 | 5,490 |
| Russia | 97% | 197 | 1:732,151 | 7,029 |
| Afghanistan | 63% | 158 | 1:206,478 | 5,188 |
| Netherlands | 98% | 155 | 1:109,046 | 5,443 |
| Thailand | 100% | 141 | 1:496,921 | 23,638 |
| Pakistan | 92% | 132 | 1:1,472,407 | 22,545 |
| Canada | 100% | 125 | 1:265,067 | 8,979 |
| Congo | 100% | 124 | 1:40,397 | 3,284 |
| Ireland | 100% | 123 | 1:37,752 | 1,402 |
| Iceland | - | 82 | 1:4,464 | 557 |
| Papua New Guinea | 96% | 82 | 1:99,418 | 9,076 |
| France | 100% | 80 | 1:830,879 | 7,084 |
| Spain | 100% | 75 | 1:620,400 | 7,047 |
| Mauritania | 100% | 53 | 1:77,269 | 3,365 |
| Tanzania | 89% | 52 | 1:1,015,160 | 19,883 |
| Belgium | 100% | 49 | 1:234,491 | 5,334 |
| South Africa | 96% | 43 | 1:1,268,201 | 44,553 |
| Faroe Islands | 100% | 41 | 1:1,198 | 267 |
| Croatia | 100% | 35 | 1:120,488 | 2,705 |
| Slovenia | 100% | 29 | 1:84,785 | 2,675 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 29 | 1:283,224 | 5,698 |
| Philippines | 59% | 28 | 1:3,786,053 | 70,966 |
| Luxembourg | 100% | 24 | 1:23,502 | 1,294 |
| Australia | - | 22 | 1:620,801 | 9,053 |
| Hungary | - | 22 | 1:445,080 | 1,710 |
| Ukraine | 100% | 22 | 1:2,068,178 | 5,166 |
| Austria | 100% | 19 | 1:448,116 | 4,416 |
| Malaysia | 52% | 18 | 1:1,691,663 | 51,518 |
| New Zealand | - | 18 | 1:252,002 | 7,674 |
| Abkhazia | 80% | 17 | 1:14,319 | 938 |
| Greenland | - | 17 | 1:3,316 | 507 |
| Scotland | 100% | 12 | 1:445,864 | 5,809 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 12 | 1:9,146 | 1,253 |
| Burkina Faso | 100% | 11 | 1:1,670,861 | 39,584 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 11 | 1:650,181 | 20,553 |
| Guinea | 100% | 10 | 1:1,185,865 | 3,458 |
| Hong Kong | - | 10 | 1:775,272 | 5,181 |
| China | - | 9 | 1:151,783,976 | 66,907 |
| Wales | 100% | 6 | 1:515,718 | 6,554 |
| Czechia | 71% | 5 | 1:2,131,232 | 5,044 |
| Haiti | - | 5 | 1:2,145,391 | 20,367 |
| Kazakhstan | 100% | 5 | 1:3,549,369 | 21,516 |
| Qatar | 100% | 5 | 1:473,921 | 38,106 |
| Argentina | 100% | 4 | 1:10,693,311 | 19,797 |
| Belarus | 100% | 4 | 1:2,370,596 | 9,928 |
| Gabon | - | 4 | 1:470,834 | 2,822 |
| Israel | 100% | 4 | 1:2,100,730 | 20,870 |
| Moldova | - | 4 | 1:890,285 | 4,314 |
| Niger | 100% | 4 | 1:4,795,998 | 43,246 |
| Poland | 100% | 4 | 1:9,506,778 | 5,827 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 4 | 1:7,703,141 | 17,485 |
| Uzbekistan | - | 4 | 1:7,696,610 | 11,277 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 4 | 1:7,550,473 | 90,577 |
| Armenia | 100% | 3 | 1:972,918 | 8,284 |
| Benin | - | 3 | 1:3,525,281 | 51,145 |
| Cambodia | 100% | 3 | 1:5,424,443 | 41,412 |
| Chile | - | 3 | 1:5,869,069 | 26,159 |
| Cyprus | - | 3 | 1:290,359 | 3,456 |
| Jamaica | - | 3 | 1:961,076 | 14,069 |
| Latvia | 98% | 3 | 1:671,882 | 3,893 |
| Liberia | 100% | 3 | 1:1,470,687 | 25,732 |
| Turkey | 100% | 3 | 1:25,933,903 | 52,822 |
| Iran | - | 2 | 1:39,248,434 | 50,459 |
| Mexico | - | 2 | 1:62,072,214 | 96,650 |
| Namibia | - | 2 | 1:1,202,090 | 12,702 |
| Singapore | - | 2 | 1:3,143,527 | 27,876 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 2 | 1:11,884,841 | 132,786 |
| Albania | 100% | 1 | 1:3,046,570 | 49,159 |
| Bahrain | - | 1 | 1:1,348,673 | 7,854 |
| Bhutan | 100% | 1 | 1:824,928 | 6,865 |
| Brunei | - | 1 | 1:419,570 | 3,266 |
| Central African Republic | - | 1 | 1:4,515,390 | 1,073 |
| Cook Islands | - | 1 | 1:18,153 | 1,349 |
| Egypt | - | 1 | 1:91,900,946 | 53,283 |
| Ethiopia | - | 1 | 1:97,560,133 | 29,608 |
| Gambia | - | 1 | 1:1,926,596 | 1,391 |
| Georgia | 100% | 1 | 1:3,738,466 | 29,095 |
| Ghana | - | 1 | 1:26,986,216 | 13,521 |
| Greece | - | 1 | 1:10,934,548 | 22,228 |
| Guam | - | 1 | 1:160,646 | 3,210 |
| Guyana | - | 1 | 1:763,262 | 24,238 |
| Honduras | - | 1 | 1:8,817,467 | 33,018 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 100% | 1 | 1:5,973,277 | 46,622 |
| Macau | - | 1 | 1:608,209 | 2,350 |
| North Macedonia | - | 1 | 1:2,090,757 | 15,787 |
| Madagascar | - | 1 | 1:23,629,408 | 6,628 |
| Marshall Islands | 100% | 1 | 1:51,230 | 5,014 |
| Morocco | - | 1 | 1:34,348,636 | 18,260 |
| Panama | - | 1 | 1:3,906,557 | 40,800 |
| Peru | - | 1 | 1:31,791,454 | 110,866 |
| Portugal | - | 1 | 1:10,410,866 | 12,786 |
| Romania | - | 1 | 1:20,051,976 | 55,376 |
| Solomon Islands | - | 1 | 1:580,957 | 8,641 |
| Sudan | - | 1 | 1:37,806,975 | 10,689 |
| Transnistria | 100% | 1 | 1:475,638 | 2,115 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | - | 1 | 1:1,361,419 | 34,512 |
| Yemen | - | 1 | 1:26,296,751 | 14,474 |
| Zambia | - | 1 | 1:15,854,794 | 66,637 |
The alternate forms: Ásta (1,682) & Àsta (1) are calculated separately.
Asta (35,396) may also be a surname.
Asta Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
F. Somewhat rare in England, though fairly common in Germany, it may derive from the Greek for ‘a star’ or, more probably, be a contraction of Augusta, which, in Latin, means ‘venerable (one)’.
— Name This Child (1959) by Eric Partridge
A Teutonic name, meaning: Swift as the wolf.
— Dictionary of Given Names with Origins and Meanings (1934) by Flora Haines Loughead
Asta Forename Popularity
Asta Demographics
Asta Political Affiliation
in United States
Sample size: 193 (2014)
United States
Average
Phonetically Similar Names
Asta Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Asta in the Russian language | ||
| Аста | asta | - |
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