Asá
surname · Latin script
Asá is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Tanzania than in any other country. In India it is the 21st most common given name. Recorded meaning: From Koine Greek Ἀσά (Asá) from Biblical Hebrew אָסָא (ʾĀsāʾ), from Aramaic אָסְיָא (ʾāsyā, “physician, doctor, healer”), from Akkadian 𒀀𒍪 (A.ZU /asû/) from Sumerian 𒀀𒍪 (A.ZU /azu/, “physician.
- SESweden1 in 275(measured from records)
- TZTanzania≈1 in 211as Asha
- THThailand≈1 in 2.3Kas อุษา
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 Asá 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.
- Tanzania (inferred from the name graph)
- #386 (measured from records)
- 8 (measured from records)
- Record sources
- 288 (measured from records)
- 1 in 275 (inferred from the name graph)
≈280,000 named Asha, est.
of 15M given names, spellings grouped
recorded for this name
corpus datasets behind its best-documented spelling
strongest: highest-authority source
Sweden
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts
(measured from records)Locally spelled Asha in IN India, BD Bangladesh, KE Kenya and 1 more, อุษา in TH Thailand, Åsa in SE Sweden and Usa in TZ Tanzania.
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)- Koine GreekἈσάAsá(measured from records)
- Biblical HebrewאָסָאʾĀsāʾ(measured from records)
- Aramaicאָסְיָאʾāsyā“physician, doctor, healer”(measured from records)
- Akkadian𒀀𒍪A.ZU /asû/(measured from records)
- Sumerian𒀀𒍪A.ZU /azu/“physician, healer”(measured from records)
From Koine Greek Ἀσά (Asá) from Biblical Hebrew אָסָא (ʾĀsāʾ), from Aramaic אָסְיָא (ʾāsyā, “physician, doctor, healer”), from Akkadian 𒀀𒍪 (A.ZU /asû/) from Sumerian 𒀀𒍪 (A.ZU /azu/, “physician, healer”); compare Classical Syriac ܐܵܣܝܵܐ (ʾāsyā, “healer, physician, medical doctor”) whence Arabic آسٍ (ʔāsin).
Cited for this meaning 8
- 25,000 nombres de bebé. La mejor guía para escoger el nombre adecuado
- A concise dictionary of first names
- Digital Pāḷi Dictionary
- A Frequency Dictionary of Portuguese
- Wiktionary
Attested across 24 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world
(measured from records)Asá 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 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TZ Tanzania | #351 | ≈280,000 est. | ≈1 in 211 | 8 | Usa | 22 |
| SE Sweden | #57 | 37,097 | 1 in 275 | 37K | Åsa | 89 |
| TH Thailand | #360 | ≈30,000 est. | ≈1 in 2.3K | register #660,801 | อุษา | 107 |
| BD Bangladesh | #354 | ≈23,000 est. | ≈1 in 7K | listed | Asha | 48 |
| KE Kenya | — | ≈17,000 est. | ≈1 in 3.1K | — | Asha | 13 |
| LK Sri Lanka | #390 | ≈8,900 est. | ≈1 in 2.6K | — | Asha | 32 |
| IS Iceland | — | 448 | 1 in 783 | 471 | — | — |
| IN India | #21 | — | — | 723 | Asha | 229 |
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: Instate — India surnames (clean spellings) from electoral rolls; Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population); INEC Special Gazette 2021 — 2020 parliamentary election results; Þjóðskrá Íslands — Name frequencies (NafnTíðni, registry); Hagstofa Íslands — Given-name frequency by population (2005). 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 Asá mean, and where does it come from?
- From Koine Greek Ἀσά (Asá) from Biblical Hebrew אָסָא (ʾĀsāʾ), from Aramaic אָסְיָא (ʾāsyā, “physician, doctor, healer”), from Akkadian 𒀀𒍪 (A.ZU /asû/) from Sumerian 𒀀𒍪 (A.ZU /azu/, “physician… Recorded by 25,000 nombres de bebé. La mejor guía para escoger el nombre adecuado and A concise dictionary of first names and 6 other sources.
- In which country does Asá have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 278 thousand people named Asha in Tanzania, more than in any other country we hold.
- Where is Asá most common?
- Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Asá is densest in Sweden — about 1 in 275 people — even though Tanzania holds more of our records for it.
- How common is the name Asá?
- In Sweden, the national register counted 37,097 people named Asá, about 1 in 275 residents.
- How common is Asá compared with other names?
- In Tanzania, Asá is the 351st most common given name of 37,285 given names recorded there.
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curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/as%C3%A1The 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), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
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, “Asá” — the 351st most common given name in Tanzania. Data snapshot 2026-10-13.