Asén
surname · Latin script
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Asén is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Ethiopia than in any other country. In Bulgaria it is the 62nd most common given name. Recorded meaning: The Hebrew name Hashum (חָשֻׁם) is understood to mean "rich," "wealthy," or "enriched".
- BGBulgaria≈1 in 691(inferred from the name graph)
- ESSpain1 in 220K
- ETEthiopia≈1 in 9.4Kas Assen
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Asén itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Ethiopia (inferred from the name graph)
- 3 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 121 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 691 (inferred from the name graph)
≈11,000 named Assen, est.
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
Bulgaria, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
Locally spelled Asen in BG Bulgaria, ES Spain, NL Netherlands, Асен in KZ Kazakhstan, DE Germany and አሰን in ET Ethiopia.
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
The Hebrew name Hashum (חָשֻׁם) is understood to mean "rich," "wealthy," or "enriched".
Sources 2
- Biblical Names Compiled Database
- Deshayes, Dictionnaire étymologique du breton (2003)
Attested across 12 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Asén counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ET Ethiopia | — | ≈11,000 est. | ≈1 in 9.4K | — | አሰን | 7 |
| BG Bulgaria | #62 | ≈10,000 est. | ≈1 in 691 | — | Asen | 121 |
| DE Germany | — | ≈690 est. | ≈1 in 117K | — | Асен | 6 |
| NL Netherlands | — | ≈430 est. | ≈1 in 40K | 639 | Asen | 34 |
| KZ Kazakhstan | — | ≈260 est. | ≈1 in 74K | 340 | Асен | 8 |
| ES Spain | — | 227 | 1 in 220K | 255 | Asen | 40 |
| MK North Macedonia | — | 95as Асен | 1 in 22K | 95 | — | 1 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos); INE — Nombres más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal); CBG Familienamenbank — Dutch surname bearer counts (GBA/BRP 2007); 2021 National Population Census — popular surnames of Kazakhs, by region of residence; State Statistical Office — living population names. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Evidence(measured from records)
No register attests this spelling yet
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Asén mean, and where does it come from?
- The Hebrew name Hashum (חָשֻׁם) is understood to mean "rich," "wealthy," or "enriched". Recorded by Biblical Names Compiled Database and Deshayes, Dictionnaire étymologique du breton (2003).
- In which country does Asén have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 11 thousand people named Assen in Ethiopia, more than in any other country we hold.
- How common is the name Asén?
- In Spain, the national register counted 227 people named Asén, about 1 in 220 thousand residents.
- How common is Asén compared with other names?
- In Bulgaria, Asén is the 62nd most common given name of 22,906 given names recorded there.
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/as%C3%A9nThe same payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), and bulk access is licensed separately.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Asén” — the 62nd most common given name in Bulgaria. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.