Cognomen Ашим (Ashim 
, Ашим 
, Ashym ) , throughout the world, is quite a common last name. The cognomen Ашим is characteristic of North Macedonia, where it is quite a common surname, Kyrgyzstan, and Suriname. In absolute terms, the name is most common in Bangladesh, Nigeria, and Ethiopia. More prevalently, Ашим is the forename as well as the last name.