Japanese: variously written, sometimes with characters used
phonetically. It can mean ‘morning’, but the most likely meaning is
‘hemp’, making it a topographic or occupational name. Both forms are
found mostly in Amami, one of the Ryukyu Islands.Hungarian: from Assa, a pet form of the ecclesiastical
personal name Asbót (see Oswald).
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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