How common is the last name Amos?

22,595 people in the United States have the last name Amos, about 1 in 13,229. It ranks #1,551 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census.

last name

AMOS

#1,551

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
22,595
About
1 in 13,229
This common or more
44.8%
Who bears it

Of the 22,595 people with the last name Amos, 59.7% reported their origin as White, 29% as Black and 4.7% as two or more races. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Either side of Amos

#1,549 Payton · 22,613#1,550 Pritchard · 22,612#1,552 Crouch · 22,587#1,553 Ahmad · 22,586

Spelled almost the same

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

#1,666 Ames · 21,085#18,606 Amis · 1,465#59,889 Amoss · 364#104,723 Amosa · 182#114,090 Amous · 163#137,553 Ams · 126

Also a first name

As a first name, Amos ranks #1,782 of 53,615, with 16,832 people. As a baby name it peaked in 1922, with 558 births. See Amos as a first name

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