The Amey surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 2,304 people carried this name — #13,251 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 128,200 people counted. That is up 9% from 2,115 in 2000.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
116 people named Amey live in Switzerland.
They live in 7 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Fribourg.
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 75 people named Amey.
2 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 14 départements, most often Doubs.
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 print
Amey in American newspapers,
1920.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 15,509 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Amey,
with a public archive behind them.
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Harry B. Amey 1868–1949 · lawyer -
François Pierre Amey 1768–1850 · mayor
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William Amey 1881–1940 · military personnel
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William Amey 1881–1940 · military personnel
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Bert Amey 1924–2003 · Australian rules football player
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Sunny Amey 1928– · theatre director
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Amey.
When the index is not enough
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