Family name Ашир (Ashir 
, Ашир 
, Ashyr 
) , around the world, is quite a common cognomen. The last name Ашир is habitual in Maldives, where it is quite a common surname, Kyrgyzstan, where it is quite a rare surname, and Somalia. Not in comparison with a country's population, the name is most common in Nigeria, Pakistan, and India. More prevalently, Ашир is the forename as well as the last name.