The Amrani surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 216 people carried this name — #86,314 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 1,428,600 people counted. That is up 34% from 161 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Amrani surname
A surname from Arabic.
Borrowed from Arabic عَمْرَانِيّ (ʕamrāniyy).
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Amrani» (French), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 563 people named Amrani 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.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 398 people named Amrani.
Most of them — 243 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 33 départements, most often Seine-Saint-Denis.
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
40 people named Amrani live in Switzerland.
They live in 5 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.
In the Nordic population registers
22 people named Amrani 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).
In print
Amrani in American newspapers,
1903–1944.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 112 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Amrani,
with a public archive behind them.
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Gabi Amrani 1934– · actor -
Youssef Amrani 1953– · politician -
Shuki Amrani 1953– · consultant -
Yosef Amrani 1958– · diplomat -
Farida Amrani 1976– · politician -
Djamal Amrani 1935–2005 · writer
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 23 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Amrani.
- Amoroso 3,498 · U.S. census
- Amory 453 · U.S. census
- Amos 23,621 · U.S. census
- Amour 270 · U.S. census
- Ampe 165 · U.S. census
- Amram 236 · U.S. census
- Amrein 556 · U.S. census
- Amrhein 1,560 · U.S. census
- Amsler 1,105 · U.S. census
- Amstutz 2,412 · U.S. census
- Amy 2,045 · U.S. census
- Amyot 289 · U.S. census
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