Amo is used as a family name or surname in Ghana. It is 3 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Amo
No. of characters: 3
Origin: Ghana
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Amo

How popular is Amo?

Amo is common in Ghana.

Amo is ranked 12943 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Amos plummeted by 4.489796 per cent to 936 since 2000 and slipped by 2120 spots and ranked at 26143. The last name was found in around 3 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 77.14 82.45
Black 10.36 5.61
Hispanic or Latino 5.02 3.37
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 4.91 5.92
Amo is quite popular family name mostly used in Ghana while French Polynesia is ahead in terms of density. Around 40804 people have been found who wears Amo as their family name. Amo is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
5,868 Japan10
4,742 China9
8,689 Pakistan4
8,411 Costa Rica4
8,993 Tunisia3
6,989 Uganda3
3,949 Botswana3
917 Myanmar3
35,969 Denmark2
14,408 Uruguay2
4,164 Vietnam2
82,478 South Africa2
15,591 Burkina Faso2
4,104 South Korea2
24,766 Scotland2
23,344 Austria2
5,139 Bolivia2
6,266 Luxembourg2
2,505 Congo1
50,549 Georgia1
2,877 Cuba1
14,373 Jordan1
174,544 Czech Republic1
134,667 Zimbabwe1
37,779 Serbia1
2,211 Brunei1
4,249 Cambodia1
12,741 Ecuador1
25,746 Finland1
2,024 Mongolia1
58,885 Poland1
2,935 Madagascar1
36,814 Romania1
537 Liechtenstein1
36,678 Singapore1
9,926 Ivory Coast1
8,371 Syria1
8,859 Iraq1
16,640 Hong Kong1
304 Guinea-Bissau1
7,941 Guatemala1
7,847 Albania1
7,790 Zambia1
5,924 Paraguay1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
20,906 Israel47
15,525 Norway46
49,393 Netherlands35
55,986 Australia33
43,662 Belgium30
8,720 Qatar29
32,811 Sweden29
11,387 Ireland22
5,663 Thailand18
24,534 New Zealand17
9,757 Nigeria15
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
4,262 Kuwait87
5,365 Lebanon84
3,494 Panama82
6,628 Portugal65
19,965 Switzerland54
Countries with hundreds of Amo:
6,626 Egypt919
6,252 Kenya863
7,056 Mexico759
48,138 India642
11,594 Algeria536
24,414 France404
12,659 Morocco403
11,929 Tanzania389
972 Taiwan348
9,426 Saudi Arabia346
3,840 Chile270
21,023 England247
43,536 Germany235
38,007 Italy224
25,062 Argentina209
17,540 Canada208
118 French Polynesia198
10,151 Malaysia177
7,594 Colombia157
9,538 Venezuela151
3,381 Dominican Republic144
11,173 Peru142
31,070 Turkey140
9,004 United Arab Emirates107
Countries with thousands of Amo:
2,079 Brazil7,155
1,308 Spain3,977
4,299 Iran2,456
7,469 Philippines1,933
715 Papua New Guinea1,494
25,980 United States1,178
11,610 Indonesia1,074
Countries with ten thousands of Amo:
326 Ghana12,541
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Immigrants to US

From Italy

Antonia Maria Amo was 5 years old when she migrated to Hazleton on November 23, 1899. She lived in Trebisacco, Italy and took Ems from Genoa. Bat.Fel. Amo, Country man Domenicio Amo, Laborer Mariore Amo, Puglies Antoni Amo, aged 17, Raffaele Amo (6) Laborer, are other Amo that migrated to US from Havre, Genoa, Hamburg & Havre and Naples.

Comments

M
Mozella Litwin
 The origin of the name is Basque etymology of the name comes from the Basque amu which means blackberry; and by extension where blackberries grow this surname specifies the location of the ancestral home.

Amo Namesakes

  • Abdelhakim Amokrane, Soccer player
  • Christine Amor, Actress
  • Adiel Amorai, Politician
  • José Amorín Batlle, Politician
  • Adrian Amos, Football safety
  • Aileena Catherin Amon, Actor
  • Amedeo Amodio, Choreographer
  • Lesa Amoore, Model
  • Alessandra Amoroso, Singer
  • Alexis Amore, Pornographic actress

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