Ammer is used as a family name or surname in Egypt. It is 5 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Ammer
No. of characters: 5
Origin: Egypt
Meaning: Common in Germany, the name in France is focused mainly in the Moselle, where it has been present for centuries in Grosbliederstroff. Several meanings are possible. We first think of a metaphor with bunting (bird, in German "Ammer"). One can also think of the lake and the River Ammer, Bavaria. A third hypothesis could return to the Middle Low German "ignite" (= bucket, vase, modern German "Eimer"), nickname maker.

How popular is Ammer?

Ammer is common in Egypt.

Ammer is ranked 61331 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Ammer bearers increased by 6.737589 per cent in 2010 US census to 301 since 2000, the surname slipped by 114 spots and ranked at 65782. The last name was found in around 1 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 94.68 98.94
Black 2.66 0
Hispanic or Latino 2.33 0
Ammer is quite popular last name mostly concentrated in Iraq which signifies that it is originated from Iraq. Around 7502 people have been found who wears Ammer as their family name. Ammer is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
486,351 Russia10
112,145 Spain7
98,953 Belarus7
7,594 Pakistan5
18,114 Algeria3
7,294 Kuwait3
24,547 Saudi Arabia3
26,321 Israel3
5,332 Estonia3
10,267 Sri Lanka2
15,999 Slovakia2
14,004 Hungary2
44,018 Poland2
16,640 Hong Kong1
30,360 Thailand1
19,810 Croatia1
107,212 South Africa1
62,864 New Zealand1
810,193 Indonesia1
153,416 Italy1
7,790 Zambia1
3,952 Yemen1
492,292 Ukraine1
24,176 Qatar1
5,589 Sudan1
1,433 Sierra Leone1
38,841 Scotland1
36,814 Romania1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
83,908 England38
57,220 Netherlands27
36,547 Switzerland27
71,059 Australia24
37,982 United Arab Emirates23
395,979 India22
116,847 Canada21
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
117,149 France73
27,538 Czech Republic54
Countries with hundreds of Ammer:
63,070 United States400
4,859 Jordan185
8,140 Austria157
13,194 Malaysia126
8,002 Sweden116
Countries with thousands of Ammer:
1,613 Iraq2,659
4,922 Germany1,849
4,307 Egypt1,634
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Comments

L
Lasandra Lyttle
The origin of the name is Germanic etymology of the name comes from the German hammer which means the hammer; and by extension the blacksmith that name recalls ancient craft.

Ammer Namesakes

  • Andreas Ammer, Journalist
  • Christine Ammer, Author
  • Marco Ammer, Film actor
  • Herbert Ammer, Soccer player
  • Dean S. Ammer, Author
  • Celia Ammerman, Model
  • Corrinne Ammerlain, Actor
  • Celia Ammerman, Model
  • Mary Graca Ammerman, Dan Ammerman's wife
  • Elias Nicolaus Ammerbach, Music composer

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