The asa Surname

asa Name Meaning and History

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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asa Family Facts

Distribution of asa Families in the US in 1920

Number of asa families

7-11

3-6

1-2

Compiled by Ancestry.com.au from the 1920 US Federal Census records

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Threads: 24 - Messages: 56

Thread	Author	Replies
Asay/Asa	Veronica	1
ASA, PRUITT in MO ca. 1900	Ellen Thomas	1
Asa, Pruitt in southeast MO	ellenthomas2_1	5
Asa Partridge in MI	Jeanne Cadwell	1
looking for my wife's missing niece's	Bob DeLosSantos	0
Rebecca Asee	Dona Bradley	0
Lewis Asasa / Asa / Assa	Ian Thatcher	0
Mrs. Mattie May Hayes	JWelsch50	0
Article	JWelsch50	0
Mrs. Mary "Nancy" Brewer nee Asa	JWelsch50	0

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