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The Amado surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 3,680 people carried this name — #8,896 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 80,000 people counted. That is up 37% from 2,686 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Amado surname

From amado (“loved”).

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Amado» (Spanish), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.

In Argentina’s national register

At least 8,095 people named Amado 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 map

Where they live today

Buenos Aires Province 3,465
Tucumán 850
City of Buenos Aires 620
Santa Fe 602
Córdoba 457
Salta 379
Misiones 209
Chubut 198

RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.

In Switzerland’s population statistics

201 people named Amado live in Switzerland.

They live in 12 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Ticino.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Ticino 54
Vaud 39
Zurich 30
Fribourg 17
Geneva 17
Valais 14
Bern 10
Aargau 6

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 France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 144 people named Amado.

38 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 26 départements, most often Seine-et-Marne.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they were born

Born outside France 38
Seine-et-Marne 12
Pyrénées-Atlantiques 10
Paris 9
Tarn 8
Gers 7
Rhône 5
Pyrénées-Orientales 5
Hautes-Pyrénées 5

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

In print

Amado in American newspapers,
1888–1915.

Newspaper page from The National Tribune carrying the name Amado
The National Tribune 1896-12-17
Newspaper page from New-york Tribune carrying the name Amado
New-york Tribune 1888-10-14
Newspaper page from The Glasgow Courier carrying the name Amado
The Glasgow Courier 1915-02-12

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 23,252 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Amado,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Enrique Amado Domínguez
    Enrique Amado Domínguez d. 1918 · writer
  • Benito Amado Salazar
    Benito Amado Salazar 1820–1873 · physician
  • José Benito Amado Boullosa
    José Benito Amado Boullosa 1822–1886 · writer
  • Ramon Amado Bernadet
    Ramon Amado Bernadet 1844–1888 · painter
  • Juan Amado y Lemus 1600–1700 · poet
  • David Amado 1770–1831 · rabbi

Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

Nearby in the index

Surnames next to Amado.

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