Amory is used as a family name or surname in France. It is 5 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Amory
No. of characters: 5
Origin: France
Meaning: Name encountered especially in the Picardy region (60, 02) and in the department of Eure. It is a personal name of Germanic origin, Amalric (amal = zealous, hardworking + ric = powerful). Alternative: Amauric (26, 05).

How popular is Amory?

Amory is common in France.

Amory is ranked 114111 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Amories plummeted by 2.997859 per cent to 453 since 2000 and slipped by 3356 spots and ranked at 46902. The last name was found in around 2 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 75.5 79.87
Black 14.13 10.92
Hispanic or Latino 6.84 4.71
Others 2.65 3.64
Amory is not so popular last name but still a prevalent family name common in France. On the other hand, it is more oftenly used in Saint Kitts and Nevis. Around 3554 people have been found who wears Amory as their family name. Amory is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
11,802 Egypt4
24,547 Saudi Arabia3
90,215 Germany3
54,135 Philippines2
4,413 Democratic Republic of The Congo2
6,266 Luxembourg2
124,220 Italy2
10,183 Jordan2
5,443 Dominican Republic2
8,859 Iraq1
120,357 Argentina1
6,212 Jamaica1
897,276 Russia1
12,270 Lebanon1
1,176 Antigua and Barbuda1
28,746 Algeria1
12,741 Ecuador1
31,207 Ireland1
3,952 Yemen1
7,110 Bosnia1
5,553 Taiwan1
77,122 Sweden1
49,529 Israel1
47,891 Norway1
5,916 Mozambique1
17,575 Kuwait1
62,864 New Zealand1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
59,023 Tanzania49
24,028 United Arab Emirates38
167 British Virgin Islands25
103,933 Canada25
699 Bermuda13
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
27,414 Australia85
141,377 Indonesia52
Countries with hundreds of Amory:
42,764 United States643
19,321 South Africa310
7,981 Belgium230
1,705 El Salvador215
3,434 Bolivia195
17,680 Netherlands155
30,207 England151
75,961 Brazil111
90 Saint Kitts and Nevis103
Countries with thousands of Amory:
7,947 France1,114
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Immigrant Margaret Amory from Ireland aboard the Marathon from Liverpool during the Irish famine. She is registered to be 28 years old when she arrived in USA on April 30, 1851.

Comments

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Kayleen Rakowski
Amory is a lunch last name, which is the variant of Amaury: name of Germanic origin, meaning rich Amalrich derivative worker it is originally a nickname profession, became surname.

Amory Namesakes

  • Derick Heathcoat-Amory, 1st Viscount Amory, British Politician
  • Peter Amory, Actor
  • Cleveland Amory, Author
  • Vance Amory, Cricket Player
  • Thomas Amory, Writer
  • Thomas Amory, Poet
  • Richard Amory, Writer
  • Stuart Amory, Angellica Bell's ex-husband
  • William Amory Underhill, Attorney at law
  • Mark Amory, Author

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