Asemota is an Edo surname. It is said that the first person to bear Asemota was in the 17th century Benin, Edo. Asemota is a kings bloodline and people who bear Asemota today can trace their ancestry to ancient kings of the great Edo State, Nigeria. Notable people with the surname include: Dahlton Ogieva Asemota , Senator of the first republic, Nigeria Eghosa Asemota Agbonifo, Nigerian politician Helen Asemota, Jamaican based biochemist and agricultural biotechnologist Leo Asemota, Nigerian artist Reality Asemota, Nigerian footballer Solomon Adun Asemota, Nigerian lawyer