The surname Asmus
A Danish patronymic surname, carried by 1,994 people in the United States.
2 syllables Soundex A252
Origin
Danish origin
Borrowed from Danish, Dutch, German Asmus.
Asmus is a patronymic surname: formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
One of 50 Danish surnames on this site.
Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 1,994 people named Asmus in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 154,837 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 1,985.
Who is named Asmus
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
96% of people named Asmus identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.3% as two or more races.
- White (not Hispanic) 96%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
- Two or more races 1.3%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
Spellings and sound-alikes
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Surnames that sound like Asmus
Asmus has the Soundex code A252, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code A252.
Other Danish surnames
Questions
- Where does the surname Asmus come from?
- Borrowed from Danish, Dutch, German Asmus.
- How common is the surname Asmus?
- 1,994 people in the United States had the surname Asmus in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 154,837 Americans. It ranked 14,854th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Asmus?
- In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Asmus identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
- What type of surname is Asmus?
- Asmus is a patronymic surname, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
- Is the surname Asmus getting more or less common?
- More common. 1,985 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,994 in 2010, up 0.5%.