The Mamo surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 908 people carried this name — #26,795 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 322,600 people counted. That is up 90% from 479 in 2000.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
121 people named Mamo live in Switzerland.
They live in 12 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Bern.
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 France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 62 people named Mamo.
Most of them — 43 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 4 départements, most often Essonne.
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 30 people named Mamo 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.
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 the Nordic population registers
211 people named Mamo 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
Mamo in American newspapers,
1909–1918.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 16,762 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Mamo,
with a public archive behind them.
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Adelaide Borghi-Mamo 1829–1901 · opera singer -
Marie Louise Mamo d. 1915
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Michele Mamo 1810– · opera singer
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Salvatore Mamo 1839–1920 · poet
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Erminia Borghi-Mamo 1855–1941 · opera singer
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Erminia Borghi-Mamo 1855–1941 · opera singer
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Mamo.
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