Asher
surname · Latin script
Meaning: Either from a surname meaning ‘person who lives by an ash tree’, or from the Hebrew personal name Asher, literally ‘blessed’
(measured from records)Officially recorded in 42 countries · latest register: Census Bureau, 2020
/æʃɚ/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Asher is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country.
- GBUnited Kingdom≈1 in 24K(inferred from the name graph)
- USUnited States1 in 25K
- CACanada≈1 in 28K
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.
- United States (measured from records)
- Record sources
- 402 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 7.3K (inferred from the name graph)
13,371 people, 2010
corpus datasets behind its best-documented spelling
strongest: highest-authority source
Israel, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin
(measured from records)Either from a surname meaning ‘person who lives by an ash tree’, or from the Hebrew personal name Asher, literally ‘blessed’.
Cited for this meaning 1
- Encyclopedia of surnames [the complete companion to tracing your names history]
Attested across 5 languages in the etymology graph.
Often considered alongside
Names that people choosing a name often weigh against Asher, most often first. They share a style rather than an origin.
From the names suggested together in public name-advice forums, in English. A list of what people consider, not a measure of how common any name is.
Where in the world
(measured from records)Asher 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 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | 13,371 | 1 in 25K | 60K | Asher | 402 |
| PK Pakistan | ≈5,700 est. | ≈1 in 41K | — | Asher | 56 |
| GB United Kingdom | ≈2,700 est. | ≈1 in 24K | 29 | Asher | 162 |
| CA Canada | ≈1,300 est. | ≈1 in 28K | 81 | Asher | 118 |
| IT Italy | ≈1,200 est. | ≈1 in 51K | — | Asher | 17 |
| IL Israel | ≈1,200 est. | ≈1 in 7.3K | — | Asher | 76 |
| NZ New Zealand | ≈190 est. | ≈1 in 26K | 84 | Asher | 55 |
| IS Iceland | ≈16 est. | ≈1 in 22K | 4 | Asher | 7 |
13,371 people counted by Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010, 2010. 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: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; NRS — Baby names Scotland full list (1974–present); Alberta Open Government — Frequency and Ranking of Baby Names by Year and Gender; DIA — Baby name popularity (1900–present); Þjóðskrá Íslands — Name frequencies (NafnTíðni, registry). 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)Asher is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
A Hebrew name meaning 'happy' or 'blessed', symbolizing good fortune and abundance.
as a nameBiblical Names Compiled Database
Happy, blessed, or fortune (derived from the Hebrew root 'šr').
as a nameBiblical Names Compiled Database
Asher represents happiness, fortune, and abundance, specifically associated with the richness of olive oil and fertile land.
as a nameBiblical Names Compiled Database
In English, Thomas Aisher 1641 PrSo. Probably ‘dweller by the ash-tree’, from a derivative of OE æsc ‘ash-tree’. v. also ASSER.
as a nameA Dictionary of English Surnames
In English, The eighth son of Jacob, by his wife's handmaid Zilpah.
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.
Notable people with this name
(measured from records)- Richard Asherb. 1912GBBritish endocrinologist and haematologist (1912-1969)
- William Asherb. 1921USAmerican film and television producer, director, and screenwriter (1921–2012)
- Tony Asherb. 1939USAmerican songwriter and advertising copywriter
- Jack Bruceb. 1943GBnot in their usual nameBritish musician (1943–2014)
- Peter Asherb. 1944GBBritish guitarist, singer, manager and record producer
- Jane Asherb. 1946GBEnglish actress and author
- Angela Asherb. 1950CAactor
- John Mallory Asherb. 1971USAmerican actor and director
- Jay Asherb. 1975USAmerican author of young adult novels
- Dina Asher-Smithb. 1995GBBritish sprinter
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them
(machine-generated)Evidence
(measured from records)80 registers and reference works attest this spelling, across 42 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 13K | #2,695 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 13K | #2,611 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 13K | #2,792 |
Reference works 6
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
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 Asher mean, and where does it come from?
- Either from a surname meaning ‘person who lives by an ash tree’, or from the Hebrew personal name Asher, literally ‘blessed’. Recorded by Encyclopedia of surnames [the complete companion to tracing your names history].
- In which country does Asher have the most bearers?
- In the United States, the national register counted about 13 thousand people named Asher, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled asher.
- How common is the name Asher?
- In the United States, the national register counted 13,371 people named Asher in 2010, about 1 in 25 thousand residents.
- How do you pronounce Asher?
- A machine transcription gives /æʃɚ/ (IPA) for English.
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curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/asherThe 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, “Asher”. Data snapshot 2026-10-13.