Last name Athanasia (Athanasia 
, Αθανασία , Атанасия 
) , around the world, is a common cognomen. The family name Athanasia is characteristic of Greece, where it is a common surname, Luxembourg, where it is quite a rare surname, and Bulgaria, where it is a rare surname. Not in comparison with a country's population, this name is the most popular in Greece, Ethiopia, and Myanmar. Also, Athanasia is the forename as well as the last name.