Last Name AMOS

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Meaning	The son of Amys. Amos, like Amias or Amyas, represents popular forms of the Norman-French Aimee, or Amy.

Origin	English, Jewish, Russian, Spanish, Irish, Romanian, Belgian, Hungarian

Rank	1,436 (2000 US census)	1,266 (1990 US census)

Count	22,817 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that

65.71%, or 14993 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
28.1%, or 6412 total occurrences, as black,
0.74%, or 169 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
1.98%, or 452 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
1.42%, or 324 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
2.06%, or 470 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.

Most Popular Kazakh Baby Names

Below is the list of popular Kazakh first names in alphabetical order.

First girl baby names:

Адиль (Adil) Адия (Adiea) Ажар (Azhar) Айбала (Ajbala) Айбарша (Ajbarsha) Айбике (Ajbike) Айганша (Ajgansha) Айгуль (Ajgul) Аида (Aida) Айда...

Shortest last names

The 2000 USA census contains no surnames with ONE character. The shortest last names there have at least two characters in them. We found 175 of those. It does not mean that a one character name does not exist. The census data only contain surnames that occurred at lea...

English surnames

English surnames can be divided into five classes: Baptisimal or Personal (first) names, local, official, and occupative surnames. Nicknames represent the last class. Practically there are only four classes, for it is often hard ti distinguish between occupation and offic...