Surname Asop (Asop 
) , around the world, is a very rare cognomen. The cognomen Asop is characteristic of South-eastern Asia, particularly Malaysia, where it is a very rare surname, Indonesia, and Philippines, where it is an extremely rare surname. Not in comparison with a country's population, the name is most common in Indonesia, India, and Malaysia. More prevalently, Asop is the forename as well as the last name.