Asm Surname

224,999th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,807 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Iran
Highest density in:
Iran

Asm Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Asm Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Iran1,4901:51,5325,729
Afghanistan1681:191,3883,677
Indonesia601:2,204,153134,948
India451:17,045,897267,282
Malaysia211:1,404,48759,312
Pakistan71:25,520,55584,222
Taiwan51:4,688,94927,695
Cameroon21:10,384,534165,830
Nigeria21:88,571,379625,098
Philippines21:50,619,112341,003
Ukraine21:22,761,348425,733
Algeria11:38,631,551130,422
Croatia11:4,228,60499,289
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887

Asm (3,401) may also be a first name.

Asm Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Asm Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Asm (Hindi: अस्म, Oriya: ଆସମ, Russian: Асм) is found in Iran more than any other country or territory. It can also occur as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Asm.

How Common Is The Last Name Asm? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 224,999th most frequently occurring surname in the world It is held by around 1 in 4,032,953 people. The surname Asm occurs mostly in Asia, where 99 percent of Asm are found; 95 percent are found in South Asia and 92 percent are found in Islamic South Asia. Asm is also the 122,100th most frequently used forename throughout the world, borne by 3,401 people.

Asm is most frequent in Iran, where it is borne by 1,490 people, or 1 in 51,532. In Iran Asm is most numerous in: Zanjan Province, where 36 percent are found, Qom Province, where 32 percent are found and Tehran Province, where 10 percent are found. Excluding Iran this last name is found in 13 countries. It also occurs in Afghanistan, where 9 percent are found and Indonesia, where 3 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Aasm86503/
Asme86489/
Hasm86174/
Ashm86169/
Gasm8668/
Aism8616/
Asmh8614/
Asmt8613/
Assm867/
Easm866/
Aysm864/
Aszm862/
Ahsm862/
Asmd862/
Azsm861/
Asjm861/
Adsm861/
Asmm861/
Aesm861/
Am80167,350/
Hashm753,482/
Ashmh75115/
Assme7578/
Hasme7563/
Aishm7538/
Asmth7518/
Eassm759/
Ashme759/
Haism758/
Asmme753/
Aeshm753/
Hassm753/
Aasmh752/
Atsme752/
Aashm752/
Gassm752/
Eashm751/
Hasım751/
Aissm751/
Ashmt751/
Ashmd751/
Ausmt751/
Ahshm751/
Aasme751/
Asmmd751/
Hasìm751/
Hasmh751/
Hasmt751/
Ausme750/
Ham67183,375/
Ame6736,065/
Amd6720,605/
Aam6720,410/
Gam6719,395/
Ahm678,671/
Amm674,382/
Aum673,511/
Azm672,949/
Aim672,776/
Esm671,217/
Ajm67736/
Acm67381/
Eam67350/
Amt67299/
Osm67167/
Hashme67150/
Amh67105/
Atm6778/
Aym6721/
Aaishm6716/
Hashmt6712/
Aïm6710/
Axm677/
Hashmh673/
Hashhm672/
Hashjm671/
Șam671/
Heasme671/
Haysme671/
Asmova671/
Haishm671/
Haysmd671/
Hasshm671/
Haashm671/
Athshm671/
Azsmth671/
Hazssm671/
Asehem671/
Auschm670/

Asm Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Asm in the Oriya language
ଆସମasama-
Asm in the Hindi language
अस्मasma57.14
अस्मतasmata14.29
आस्मasma14.29
अासमaasama14.29
Asm in the Russian language
Асмasm-

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
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  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Asm
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