Amon is used as a family name or surname in Uganda. It is 4 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Amon
No. of characters: 4
Origin: Uganda
Meaning: Variant Hamon (qv), the surname is focused in Brittany (29). Diminutives: Amoneau, Amonneau, Amonet, Amonnet (72, 49), Amonou (29) Amonot.

How popular is Amon?

Amon is common in Uganda.

Amon is ranked 5208 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Amons grew by 9.93083 per cent to 2225 since 2000 and ranked 13616 after elevating 115 spots. The last name was found in around 8 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 77.08 83.2
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 8.45 6.82
Black 6.61 4.3
Hispanic or Latino 5.3 4.25
Others 2.07 0.99
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.49 0.44
Amon is quite popular last name mostly concentrated in Ivory Coast which signifies that it is originated from Ivory Coast. Around 105000 people have been found who wears Amon as their family name. Amon is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
3,712 Iceland10
78,633 Czech Republic9
25,156 Azerbaijan5
23,739 Nigeria5
2,491 Zambia5
12,103 Trinidad and Tobago4
1,387 Togo4
11,532 Croatia3
11,392 Slovakia3
5,909 Bangladesh3
8,993 Tunisia3
6,706 Lebanon3
3,014 Taiwan2
10,183 Jordan2
1,256 Myanmar2
44,018 Poland2
12,844 Pakistan2
21,929 Algeria2
9,185 Hong Kong2
7,299 Estonia2
11,736 Lithuania2
931 Sierra Leone2
5,139 Bolivia2
23,858 Iran2
5,300 Syria2
626 Kiribati2
20,035 Uzbekistan2
8,859 Iraq1
13,606 Senegal1
10,190 Bahrain1
1,572 Macau1
12,745 Luxembourg1
7,191 Afghanistan1
6,212 Jamaica1
5,916 Mozambique1
18,969 Wales1
101,414 Kyrgyzstan1
7,895 South Korea1
8,500 Dominican Republic1
49,101 Denmark1
10,683 Cyprus1
3,350 Fiji1
8,828 Puerto Rico1
21,562 Portugal1
7,292 Vietnam1
25,746 Finland1
16,228 Bulgaria1
734 Chad1
17,575 Kuwait1
8,430 Northern Ireland1
77,122 Sweden1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
9,255 Uruguay49
16,483 Chile45
11,896 Serbia41
11,040 Scotland39
17,488 Norway39
6,551 Qatar39
375 Marshall Islands36
62,367 Kazakhstan33
8,210 Burkina Faso30
43,662 Belgium30
57,220 Netherlands27
2,754 Costa Rica26
4,647 Thailand21
49,545 Belarus20
15,050 Singapore18
14,048 Ireland16
3,605 China12
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
13,957 Switzerland81
31,604 Spain77
17,601 United Arab Emirates54
Countries with hundreds of Amon:
9,609 France943
7,105 South Africa913
3,275 Zimbabwe577
532 Slovenia576
13,064 Turkey524
2,250 Israel507
2,747 Ecuador460
2,757 Hungary458
1,957 Tajikistan457
12,659 Morocco403
8,588 Saudi Arabia385
953 Namibia366
12,054 Canada320
17,618 England312
36,148 Indonesia276
14,944 Mexico262
64,283 Russia207
6,753 Colombia192
28,748 Argentina179
16,037 Australia165
119,601 India163
2,520 Botswana157
11,447 Malaysia152
9,538 Venezuela151
5,027 New Zealand151
15,064 Romania125
59,335 Italy112
49,503 Ukraine101
Countries with thousands of Amon:
779 Ghana4,633
3,059 Philippines4,125
12,932 United States2,692
963 Malawi2,689
4,166 Germany2,152
548 Papua New Guinea1,743
968 Rwanda1,684
3,480 Kenya1,648
476 Austria1,519
10,993 Brazil1,240
6,094 Egypt1,021
Countries with ten thousands of Amon:
46 Ivory Coast44,711
408 Tanzania13,316
537 Uganda11,389
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Gentleman John Amon from Great Britain aboard the Independence from London during the Irish famine. He is registered to be 25 years old when he arrived in USA on February 20, 1847.

Comments

E
Ernestine Redwood
Amon is a surname with two etymologies 1- it is the form of Hamon, name of Germanic origin, derived from the root meaning ham house there is a nickname derived from the Latin 2- owner amon meaning architect it is originally a nickname profession, became surname.

Amon Namesakes

  • Evi Amon played central role of Mira in 2011 comedy and drama movie Catena.

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