The Amrein surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 556 people carried this name — #39,555 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 526,300 people counted. That is up 8% from 516 in 2000.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
2,389 people named Amrein live in Switzerland.
They live in 23 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Lucerne.
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 Argentina’s national register
At least 125 people named Amrein 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 Santa Fe.
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 France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 109 people named Amrein.
7 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 16 départements, most often Haut-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.
Who carried it
People named Amrein,
with a public archive behind them.
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Maria Amrein-Troller 1849–1931 · curator -
Otto Amrein 1874–1935 · physician -
Josef Wilhelm Amrein 1842–1881 · entrepreneur
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Kaspar Constantin Amrein 1845–1898 · geographer
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Seppi Amrein 1904–1979 · painter
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Nelly Amrein 1936– · graphic designer
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Amrein.
- 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
- Amrani 216 · 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
- Anani 251 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
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