The Amaral surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 9,567 people carried this name — #3,709 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 30,900 people counted. That is up 12% from 8,510 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Amaral surname
From amaral (“a place with an abundance of sages”), from amaro (“sage”). Also from amaral (“a plantation of amaras”), from amaras (“azal tinto”), a kind of Portuguese wine grape with the suffix -al denoting plantation.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Amaral» (Portuguese), 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 1,593 people named Amaral 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 Misiones.
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
587 people named Amaral live in Switzerland.
They live in 21 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Vaud.
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 France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 135 people named Amaral.
Most of them — 96 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 24 départements, most often Meurthe-et-Moselle.
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 print
Amaral in American newspapers,
1908–1952.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 3,723 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Amaral,
with a public archive behind them.
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Barbara Amaral 4– · actor -
Miguel António do Amaral 1710–1780 · painter -
João José do Amaral 1782–1853 · writer -
Francisco Joaquim Ferreira do Amaral 1844–1923 · politician -
Cláudio do Amaral Savaget 1845–1901 · military officer
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 248 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Amaral.
When the index is not enough
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