Asmus
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Frequency: (845)
(number of times this surname appears in a sample database of 88.7 million names, representing one third of the 1997 US population)
Danish, Dutch, and North German: from a short form of Erasmus (Latinized form of Greek Erasmos, a derivative of erān ‘to love’). Compare Rasmussen.
GIVEN NAMES: German 4%. Hans (2), Wolfgang (2), Frieda, Hellmuth, Helmut, Kurt.
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Oxford Dictionary of Family Names
Dictionary of American Family Names. Copyright © 2006 Patrick Hanks. All rights reserved.
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Asmus
(person)
Ausmus
(family name)
Assmann
(family name)
Syrenia 2
(1995 Album by Asmus Tietchens/Vidna Obmana)
Das Schlaue Fuchslein
(Theater Film)
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