How common is the last name Ambrose?

16,202 people in the United States have the last name Ambrose, about 1 in 18,448. It ranks #2,192 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census.

last name

AMBROSE

#2,192

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
16,202
About
1 in 18,448
This common or more
48.9%
Who bears it

Of the 16,202 people with the last name Ambrose, 77.7% reported their origin as White, 13% as Black and 3.5% as two or more races. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Either side of Ambrose

#2,190 Finney · 16,215#2,191 Luo · 16,214#2,193 Crowell · 16,195#2,194 Byler · 16,191

Spelled almost the same

8 last names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Ambrose, most common first.

#8,352 Ambrosio · 3,796#20,820 Ambroise · 1,286#44,341 Ambrosia · 522#50,714 Ambrosi · 445#51,084 Ambris · 441#64,670 Ambros · 332#69,752 Ambrogi · 303#74,224 Ambrus · 281

Also a first name

As a first name, Ambrose ranks #4,642 of 53,615, with 3,945 people. As a baby name it peaked in 2021, with 411 births. See Ambrose as a first name

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