Asmus
surname · Latin script
Meaning, in English: A surname originating as a patronymic
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/əzˈmus/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Asmus is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Germany than in any other country.
- DEGermany≈1 in 25K(inferred from the name graph)
- USUnited States1 in 167K
- DZAlgeria≈1 in 43K
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.
- Germany (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 249 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 25K (inferred from the name graph)
≈3,200 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Germany, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
A surname originating as a patronymic.
Sources 1
- kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Attested across 6 languages in the etymology graph.
How Asmus is read(measured from records)
Asmus is one spelling over 3 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.
- English63%
A surname originating as a patronymic.
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
- German17%
männl. Vom., Kurzform von
as a nameDUDEN Lexikon der Vornamen
- Spanish7.1%
No dictionary in our sources glosses Asmus in Spanish.
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 We do not publish a gender of our own per language: our records carry one figure for the spelling as a whole.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)
Asmus 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 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DE Germany | — | ≈3,200 est. | ≈1 in 25K | listed | Asmus | 111 |
| US United States | — | 1,994 | 1 in 167K | 2K | Asmus | 249 |
| DZ Algeria | — | ≈1,000 est. | ≈1 in 43K | — | Asmus | 3 |
| FR France | — | ≈300 est. | ≈1 in 228K | 84 | — | 1 |
| GB United Kingdom | — | ≈240 est. | ≈1 in 276K | — | Asmus | 25 |
| NL Netherlands | — | 164 | 1 in 105K | 164 | Asmus | 16 |
| JO Jordan | — | ≈89 est. | ≈1 in 122K | — | Asmus | 2 |
| LY Libya | — | ≈61 est. | ≈1 in 112K | — | Asmus | 1 |
| AG Antigua & Barbuda | #968 | — | — | — | Asmus | 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: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; CBG Familienamenbank — Dutch surname bearer counts (GBA/BRP 2007); INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000). 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)
Asmus is also recorded in one other lexicon, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In prg, eighth
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)
- Valentin Asmusb. 1894UARussian philosopher
- Eric Assmusb. 1901RUnot in their usual nameSoviet diplomat
- Erhard Asmusb. 1907DEGerman author
- Rudolf Asmusb. 1921CZGerman actor and opera singer (1921–2000)
- Dieter Asmusb. 1939DEGerman painter and graphic artist (born 1939)
- Ronald D. Asmusb. 1957USAmerican diplomat (1957-2011)
- James Asmusb. 1967American comedian and writer
- Yekaterina Asmusb. 1967RURussian writer
- Lena Asmusb. 1982DERussian and German rhythmic gymnast
- Kristina Asmusb. 1988RURussian actress
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)
Attested in 32 sources across 19 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 2K | #14,854 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 2K | #13,943 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 1.9K | #14,732 |
| NL Netherlands | CBG Familienamenbank — Dutch surname bearer counts (GBA/BRP 2007) | 2007 | 164 | #12,530 |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1991 | 84 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1971 | 64 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1961 | 52 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1981 | 46 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1941 | 33 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1931 | 33 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1951 | 32 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1891 | 14 | — |
Reference works 6
- 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)
- Rymut, Słownik nazwisk współcześnie w Polsce używanych (10 vols, IJP PAN, Kraków 1992–1994) — every Polish surname in the PESEL register at the end of 1990, with bearer counts nationally and per voivodeship1990
- Søndergaard, Georg, Danske efternavne (Lademann 1984/1991)
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 Asmus mean, and where does it come from?
- A surname originating as a patronymic. Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
- How do you pronounce Asmus?
- A machine transcription gives /əzˈmus/ (IPA) for English.
- In which country does Asmus have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 3.2 thousand people named Asmus in Germany, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled asmus.
- How common is the name Asmus?
- In the United States, the national register counted 1,994 people named Asmus in 2010, about 1 in 167 thousand residents.
- How common is Asmus compared with other names?
- In Antigua & Barbuda, Asmus is the 968th most common surname of 30,187 surnames recorded there.
What do you want to know about Asmus?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/asmusThe 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, “Asmus” — the 968th most common surname in Antigua & Barbuda. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.