Amos is used as a family name or surname in United States. It is 4 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Amos
No. of characters: 4
Origin: United States
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Amos

How popular is Amos?

Amos is common in United States.

Amos is ranked 2860 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Amos bearers increased by 3.523689 per cent in 2010 US census to 23621 since 2000, the surname slipped by 81 spots and ranked at 1517. The last name was found in around 80 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 62.61 65.71
Black 29.3 28.1
Hispanic or Latino 2.74 2.06
Others 2.38 1.42
American Indian and Alaska Native 2.07 1.98
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.89 0.74
Amos is quite popular family name mostly used in Nigeria while Vanuatu is ahead in terms of density. Around 192542 people have been found who wears Amos as their family name. Amos is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
1,373 Sudan6
1,481 Rwanda5
11,480 Japan4
15,956 Venezuela3
9,077 Lithuania3
14,193 Egypt3
3,818 Zambia3
6,779 Nicaragua3
4,085 Bolivia3
931 Gabon3
6,706 Lebanon3
4,164 Vietnam2
4,302 Benin2
15,591 Burkina Faso2
10,284 Kuwait2
1,235 Belize2
7,574 Bangladesh2
4,086 Angola2
1,347 Liberia2
4,367 Afghanistan2
6,103 Cyprus2
19,093 Finland2
3,014 Taiwan2
53,505 Turkey1
1,254 Gibraltar1
1,819 Laos1
38,830 Morocco1
2,333 Montenegro1
624 Solomon Islands1
37,493 Austria1
24,421 Slovakia1
923 Turks and Caicos Islands1
1,542 Andorra1
17,768 Pakistan1
174,544 Czech Republic1
28,746 Algeria1
664 Equatorial Guinea1
1,433 Sierra Leone1
42,479 Greece1
199,150 Kazakhstan1
14,373 Jordan1
7,340 Democratic Republic of The Congo1
4,435 Togo1
2,361 United States Virgin Islands1
19,533 Uruguay1
24,771 Colombia1
2,057 Isle of Man1
11,831 Tajikistan1
7,895 South Korea1
9,591 Panama1
48,575 Azerbaijan1
8,500 Dominican Republic1
734 Chad1
11,510 Oman1
2,374 Bermuda1
846 American Samoa1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
587 Saint Lucia50
6,376 Singapore47
3,098 Trinidad and Tobago45
6,873 Ireland44
890 Iceland44
43,851 Netherlands44
102,186 Ukraine40
17,488 Norway39
745 Barbados39
37,591 Belgium37
17,489 Denmark30
8,720 Qatar29
38,143 Belarus29
473 Marshall Islands28
11,444 Portugal28
21,901 Chile27
3,546 Senegal21
5,663 Thailand18
2,558 China17
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
1,386 Guyana89
3,257 Hong Kong71
16,172 Peru71
4,082 Estonia61
3,129 Northern Ireland60
18,409 Sweden51
Countries with hundreds of Amos:
4,304 Cameroon793
13,156 Germany773
2,400 Zimbabwe763
15,724 Indonesia757
17,837 Brazil731
419 Botswana658
18,369 France527
742 Wales508
1,486 Scotland505
1,638 New Zealand459
5,583 Malaysia379
11,880 Mexico366
906 Jamaica357
77,146 India321
3,964 Switzerland297
89 Vanuatu294
1,467 Namibia244
38,007 Italy224
15,678 Saudi Arabia192
16,713 Spain191
6,371 United Arab Emirates153
13,504 Romania146
40,399 Argentina119
104,692 Russia110
Countries with thousands of Amos:
44 Papua New Guinea7,970
996 England7,641
895 Uganda7,095
731 Mozambique5,158
1,496 South Africa4,456
1,490 Kenya3,845
961 Ghana3,595
880 Australia3,520
1,915 Canada2,631
1,263 Malawi2,200
762 Niger1,785
9,133 Philippines1,611
860 Israel1,225
2,068 Ivory Coast1,169
1,423 Haiti1,112
Countries with ten thousands of Amos:
355 Nigeria67,095
155 Tanzania33,175
1,502 United States26,237
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

During the great famine, 17 years old William Amos who was residing in Great Britain migrated to USA on August 1, 1849 by American Eagle put out from London. John Amos, aged 17, Patrick Amos (22) Immigrant, Susan Amos (24), 17 years old Eliza Amos, are other Amos that migrated to US.

From Italy

B. Amos worked as laborer and hailed from Italy. 34 years old embarked for USA from Rotterdam on Amsterdam and arrived on March 3, 1888.

Comments

V
Victoria Kimery
Amos is a family name of biblical origin, derived from the Hebrew meaning amos carrier.

Amos Namesakes

  • Adrian Amos, Football safety
  • John Amos Comenius, Philosopher
  • Tori Amos, Singer-songwriter
  • Valerie Amos, Baroness Amos, Life peer
  • John Amos, Actor
  • Ben Amos, Soccer player
  • Nijel Amos, Olympic athlete
  • Stephen K. Amos, Stand-up comedian
  • Adrian Amos, Football safety
  • Emma Amos, Actress
  • Austin Amos, from 2018 drama movie Fuck my Friends, who characterized Tom.
  • Ashley Amos, from 2019 thriller movie 47 Hours, who characterized Cheerleader.
  • In 2014 drama flick, Tormented Emotions, Malaiya Amos played Extra.
  • In 2017, Terrence Amos portrayed the role of Peanut in thriller flick Doctor Impostor.
  • In 2012, Stephen Amos characterized the role of Skinny in adventure and comedy flick Disappearing Bakersfield.
  • Steven Amos, from 2012 comedy, drama flick Dinosaur World, who portrayed N.

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