The Amira surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 199 people carried this name — #92,358 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 1,428,600 people counted. That is up 46% from 136 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 60 people named Amira.
Most of them — 45 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 9 départements, most often Seine-Saint-Denis.
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 26 people named Amira 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 Brussels-Capital.
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 the Nordic population registers
20 people named Amira 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 Amira,
with a public archive behind them.
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Karl von Amira 1848–1930 · jurist -
Alicia Amira 1989– · pornographic film actor
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0).
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Amira.
- Amin 11,137 · U.S. census
- Amine 285 · U.S. census
- Amini 1,302 · U.S. census
- Amiot 558 · U.S. census
- Amiotte 159 · U.S. census
- Amir 1,639 · U.S. census
- Amirault 623 · U.S. census
- Amiri 1,195 · U.S. census
- Amis 1,530 · U.S. census
- Amitrano 334 · U.S. census
- Ammann 1,853 · U.S. census
- Ammar 846 · U.S. census
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