Asa Family History
Asa Name Meaning
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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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Asa
Name Distribution of Asa Families
MAP:
United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Asa families
 7 - 11  3 - 6 |
 1 - 2  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Asa families
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2 - 1 2 - 1 |
1 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
| Sorry, we couldn't find geographic distribution information for the Asa last name |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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Asa Family Origin
Asa Immigration Information
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Average Life Expectancy for Asa
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Asa Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
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