Asfur

surname · Latin script

Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

Asfur is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Syria than in any other country. Recorded meaning: Tunisie.

rarermore common
  • SYSyria≈1 in 17K(inferred from the name graph)
  • TRTürkiye≈1 in 329K
  • NONorway1 in 683K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Syria (inferred from the name graph)

≈1,100 people, est.

Sources
7 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 17K (inferred from the name graph)

Syria, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Name dossier (print, CSV)

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

Tunisie

Sources 1

  • Dicionario Sefaradi De SobrenomesDictionary Of Sephardic Surnames Inclusive Cristaos-Novos, Conversos, Marranos, Italianos,…

Where in the world(measured from records)

Asfur 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.

Where Asfur is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
SY Syria≈1,100 est.≈1 in 17K—Asfur6
TR Türkiye≈250 est.≈1 in 329K—Asfur7
AR Argentina551 in 827K55——
US United States≈37 est.≈1 in 8.9Mlisted—2
EG Egypt≈28 est.≈1 in 3.8M—Asfur7
NO Norway81 in 683K8—1
IL Israel≈3 est.≈1 in 2.7M—Asfur3

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: RENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national); SSB — Navnesøk (name-search service, living population). 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).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Asfur is also recorded as another name, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Russian surname8 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Russia, Ukraine, Türkiye, Syria

    Languages: Russian, Ukrainian

    Also written Асфур, Asfour

28 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 5 sources across 4 countries.

Reference works 1

  • Nişanyan Adlar (Turkish given-name national-registry frequency)

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Asfur mean, and where does it come from?
Tunisie Recorded by Dicionario Sefaradi De SobrenomesDictionary Of Sephardic Surnames Inclusive Cristaos-Novos, Conversos, Marranos, Italianos,….
In which country does Asfur have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 1.1 thousand people named Asfur in Syria, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled asfur.
How common is the name Asfur?
In Argentina, the national register counted 55 people named Asfur, about 1 in 827 thousand residents.

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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, “Asfur”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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