The Adamo surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 3,647 people carried this name — #8,971 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 80,600 people counted. That is up 4% from 3,496 in 2000.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 1,191 people named Adamo live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Buenos Aires Province.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 282 people named Adamo.
Most of them — 211 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 14 départements, most often Var.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
181 people named Adamo live in Switzerland.
They live in 13 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Ticino.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 52 people named Adamo live in Belgium.
Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Hainaut.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In the Nordic population registers
42 people named Adamo is counted in Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown).
In print
Adamo in American newspapers,
1915–1930.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 5,928 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Adamo,
with a public archive behind them.
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Max Adamo 1837–1901 · illustrator
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Albert Adamo 1849–1887 · painter
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Joseph-Gabriel Adamo 1851–1899 · Catholic priest
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Frank Adamo 1893–1988 · military physician
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Momo Adamo 1895–1956 · criminal
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Franz Adamo 1896–1977 · politician
Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Adamo.
- Adamczak 553 · U.S. census
- Adamczyk 2,828 · U.S. census
- Adamek 1,307 · U.S. census
- Adami 796 · U.S. census
- Adamiak 346 · U.S. census
- Adamkiewicz 253 · U.S. census
- Adams 427,865 · U.S. census
- Adamski 3,566 · U.S. census
- Adamy 287 · U.S. census
- Adan 3,564 · U.S. census
- Addi 201 · U.S. census
- Ade 1,418 · U.S. census
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