The Amor surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,389 people carried this name — #19,456 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 212,800 people counted. That is up 19% from 1,166 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Amor surname
Borrowed from Spanish and Portuguese Amor. This surname was introduced in England by the Normans.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Amor» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 1,193 people named Amor 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 France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 107 people named Amor.
Most of them — 59 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 20 départements, most often Pas-de-Calais.
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 Switzerland’s population statistics
94 people named Amor live in Switzerland.
They live in 9 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Geneva.
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 Amor,
with a public archive behind them.
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Bartolomé Amor de la Pisa 1785–1867 · military personnel -
Constante Amor Naveiro 1862–1935 · writer -
Manuel Amor Meilán 1867–1933 · poet -
Ángel Amor Ruibal 1869–1930 · writer -
Juan Amor de Soria 1659–1748
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Juan Julio Amor y Calzas 1866–1935 · author
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 9 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Amor.
- Ammar 846 · U.S. census
- Ammari 338 · U.S. census
- Ammirati 430 · U.S. census
- Amo 936 · U.S. census
- Amodeo 1,841 · U.S. census
- Amon 2,225 · U.S. census
- Amore 1,822 · U.S. census
- Amoros 294 · U.S. census
- Amoroso 3,498 · U.S. census
- Amory 453 · U.S. census
- Amos 23,621 · U.S. census
- Amour 270 · U.S. census
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