The Ambs surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 607 people carried this name — #36,788 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 476,200 people counted. That is up 10% from 552 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 138 people named Ambs.
1 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 21 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
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
Who carried it
People named Ambs,
with a public archive behind them.
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Hans Ambs 1898–1962 · politician
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Ramona Ambs 1974– · writer
Wikidata (CC0).
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Ambs.
- Ambrogio 418 · U.S. census
- Ambroise 1,103 · U.S. census
- Ambrosi 284 · U.S. census
- Ambrosini 569 · U.S. census
- Ambrosino 1,565 · U.S. census
- Ambrosio 3,963 · U.S. census
- Amedee 688 · U.S. census
- Amedeo 301 · U.S. census
- Ameel 191 · U.S. census
- Amen 1,938 · U.S. census
- Amendola 1,977 · U.S. census
- Amengual 218 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Ambs is.
A volume says what happened to it.
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