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

The Amen surname

In the 2000 U.S. Census, 1,700 people carried this name — #15,759 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 158,700 people counted.

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In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 362 people named Amen.

7 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 39 départements, most often Tarn.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 7
Tarn 95
Hérault 48
Aude 38
Meurthe-et-Moselle 31
Haute-Garonne 21
Moselle 14
Paris 13
Haut-Rhin 12

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

In Belgium’s population register

At least 40 people named Amen 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 Liège.

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

Where they live today

Liège 32
Flemish Brabant 8

Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.

When the index is not enough

This page says where Amen is.
A volume says what happened to it.

Every page in the index is free and stays free. The Heritage Volume is the long form: the full paper trail, the arms, the crossing — bound, and yours.

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