The Amer surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,481 people carried this name — #18,601 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 200,000 people counted. That is up 22% from 1,214 in 2000.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 248 people named Amer 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 Buenos Aires Province.
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
89 people named Amer live in Switzerland.
They live in 8 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where 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 84 people named Amer.
Most of them — 66 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 10 départements, most often Pyrénées-Orientales.
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 Belgium’s population register
At least 55 people named Amer 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 Limburg.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In Poland’s population register
50 people named Amer have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 101 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 7 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Łódź.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.
In the Nordic population registers
366 people named Amer is counted in Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown).
Who carried it
People named Amer,
with a public archive behind them.
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Miquel Victorià Amer 1824–1912 · poet -
Entissar Amer 1956– · politician -
Roy Amer d. 2006 · politician
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Antoni Amer Llodrà 1882–1936 · politician
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Nicholas Amer 1923–2019 · actor
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Roshdi Abdel-Rahman Amer 1934–
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Amer.
- 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
- Amerio 175 · U.S. census
- Amestoy 232 · U.S. census
- Amey 2,304 · U.S. census
- Ami 206 · U.S. census
- Amici 341 · U.S. census
- Amico 2,244 · U.S. census
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