Asili
surname · Latin script
Meaning, in Swahili: origin
Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/asili/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Asili is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Tanzania than in any other country.
- TZTanzania≈1 in 69K(inferred from the name graph)
- MAMorocco≈1 in 201K
- TNTunisia≈1 in 378K
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.
- Tanzania (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 29 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 69K (inferred from the name graph)
≈850 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Tanzania, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
The central seed or "germinating matrix" of a culture.
Sources 1
- kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Attested across 2 languages in the etymology graph.
How Asili is read(measured from records)
Asili is one spelling over 5 language communities, and the dictionaries record it differently in 2 of them. Each row is what a source recorded for that language, beside the share of this name’s records the language holds. No single row is the name’s meaning.
- Spanish37%
No dictionary in our sources glosses Asili in Spanish.
- Swahili14%
origin
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
- English11%
The central seed or "germinating matrix" of a culture.
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
- Hindi7.3%
No dictionary in our sources glosses Asili in Hindi.
- Arabic6.8%
No dictionary in our sources glosses Asili in Arabic.
The share is ours — how much of this name’s records each language holds. The sense beside it is the source’s, quoted and credited, including where it names a gender. We do not publish a gender of our own per language: our records carry one figure for the spelling as a whole.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Asili 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 | ≈850 est. | ≈1 in 69K | — | Asili | 5 |
| MA Morocco | ≈180 est. | ≈1 in 201K | — | Asili | 8 |
| AR Argentina | 87 | 1 in 523K | 87 | Asili | 29 |
| SA Saudi Arabia | ≈86 est. | ≈1 in 398K | — | Asili | 6 |
| TN Tunisia | ≈31 est. | ≈1 in 378K | — | Asili | 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: RENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national). 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 recorded senses(measured from records)
Asili is also recorded in 2 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
Original.
as a nameThe African book of names
In Latin, inflection of asīlus:
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
How to address them(machine-generated)
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 9 sources across 6 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AR Argentina | RENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national) | — | 87 | — |
Reference works 3
- Nişanyan Adlar (Turkish given-name national-registry frequency)
- Cognomix.it (Nomix s.r.l.) — Italian surname origin dictionary
- Ethiopian name tokens (GitHub lehagere/ethiopian-names, 40/60 condominium list)
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 Asili mean?
- In Swahili, origin
- Where does the name Asili come from?
- The central seed or "germinating matrix" of a culture. Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
- How do you pronounce Asili?
- A machine transcription gives /asili/ (IPA) for Spanish.
- In which country does Asili have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 850 people named Asili in Tanzania, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled asili.
- How common is the name Asili?
- In Argentina, the national register counted 87 people named Asili, about 1 in 523 thousand residents.
What do you want to know about Asili?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/asiliThe 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, “Asili”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.