The Amiot surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 558 people carried this name — #39,419 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 526,300 people counted. That is up 4% from 535 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 2,877 people named Amiot.
14 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 80 départements, most often Paris.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
25 people named Amiot live in Switzerland.
They live in 4 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Vaud.
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.
Who carried it
People named Amiot,
with a public archive behind them.
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Jean Joseph Marie Amiot 1718–1793 · astronomer -
Pierre Amiot 1781–1839 · politician -
Charles-Joseph Amiot de Vincelotte 1665–1735 · military officer
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Jean-Baptiste Amiot 1717–1769 · merchant
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Jean-Nicolas Amiot 1750–1821 · goldsmith
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Laurent Amiot 1764–1839 · goldsmith
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Amiot.
When the index is not enough
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