The Amos surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 23,621 people carried this name — #1,517 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 12,500 people counted. That is up 4% from 22,817 in 2000.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
162 people named Amos live in Switzerland.
They live in 9 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Valais.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere 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 70 people named Amos.
9 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 14 départements, most often Bas-Rhin.
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 Argentina’s national register
At least 57 people named Amos 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 Chaco.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In print
Amos in American newspapers,
1919–1926.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain.
Who carried it
People named Amos,
with a public archive behind them.
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James Amos 1750–1791
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Frédéric Georges Amos 1767–1850 · industrialist
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Adam Amos 1774–1845
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Adam Amos 1774–1845
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James Amos 1780–1810
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Charles Amos 1801–1861 · industrialist
Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Amos.
- Amon 2,225 · U.S. census
- Amor 1,389 · 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
- Amour 270 · U.S. census
- Ampe 165 · U.S. census
- Amram 236 · U.S. census
- Amrani 216 · U.S. census
- Amrein 556 · U.S. census
- Amrhein 1,560 · U.S. census
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