Amaro surname: U.S. census count, rank and records | FamilyCrests

The Amaro surname

In the 2000 U.S. Census, 8,593 people carried this name — #3,784 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 31,300 people counted.

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In Switzerland’s population statistics

273 people named Amaro live in Switzerland.

They live in 13 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Geneva.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Geneva 47
Zurich 44
Vaud 38
Valais 37
Fribourg 26
Ticino 22
Aargau 17
Bern 16

Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.

In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 173 people named Amaro.

Most of them — 112 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 26 départements, most often Paris.

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

Where they were born

Born outside France 112
Paris 11
Bouches-du-Rhône 7
Tarn 5
Gironde 4
Pyrénées-Atlantiques 4
Val-d’Oise 3
Rhône 3
Essonne 2

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

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