The Amberg surname

In the 2000 U.S. Census, 1,131 people carried this name — #21,526 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 238,100 people counted.

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In Switzerland’s population statistics

334 people named Amberg live in Switzerland.

They live in 16 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Lucerne.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Lucerne 94

Zurich 76

Aargau 25

Bern 21

Zug 16

Basel-Stadt 13

Thurgau 13

Ticino 12

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 82 people named Amberg.

3 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 7 départements, most often Bas-Rhin.

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

Where they were born

Born outside France 3

Bas-Rhin 51

Moselle 10

Paris 10

Vosges 3

Seine-Saint-Denis 3

Yvelines 1

Hauts-de-Seine 1

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

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