The Amar surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,797 people carried this name — #16,108 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 163,900 people counted. That is up 40% from 1,286 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Amar surname
Borrowed from Sanskrit अमर (amara, “undying, immortal, imperishable”).
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Amar» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 1,397 people named Amar.
Most of them — 777 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 52 départements, most often Paris.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 425 people named Amar 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 Switzerland’s population statistics
104 people named Amar live in Switzerland.
They live in 5 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Geneva.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where 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 98 people named Amar 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 Brussels-Capital.
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
84 people named Amar 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).
Who carried it
People named Amar,
with a public archive behind them.
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Antonio José Amar y Borbón 1742–1826 · military personnel -
Jean-Pierre-André Amar 1755–1816 · lawyer -
Leon Lico Amar 1887– · graphic designer -
Licco Amar 1891–1959 · musician -
Juan Carlos Amar Iturrieta d. 1989
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José Amar y Arguedas 1715–1779 · physician
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Amar.
When the index is not enough
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