Family name Ashym (Ашим 
, Ашым , Ashym 
) , in the world, is quite a rare last name. The family name Ashym is characteristic of Kyrgyzstan, where it is quite a common surname, Kazakhstan, where it is a rare surname, and Bulgaria. Not in comparison with a country's population, it is the most numerous in Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, and Russia. More frequently, Ashym is the forename as well as the last name.