How common is the surname Amason?

1,016 people in the United States had the surname Amason in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 303,883 Americans. It ranked 24,593rd of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Amason getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,059 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,016 in 2010, down 4.1%.

The surname Amason

A surname, carried by 1,016 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex A525

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Amason is more common than 84.8% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,016 people named Amason in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 303,883 Americans. That is down 4.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,059.

#24,593

rank among US surnames

1,016

people in 2010

0.3

per 100,000 Americans

-4.1%

change since 2000 (was #22,654)

Who is named Amason

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

92% of people named Amason identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.8% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 92%
Black (not Hispanic) 2.8%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.2%
Two or more races 1.4%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Amason

Anson

Amason has the Soundex code A525, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code A525.

Questions

How common is the surname Amason?: 1,016 people in the United States had the surname Amason in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 303,883 Americans. It ranked 24,593rd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Amason?: In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Amason identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.8% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Amason getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,059 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,016 in 2010, down 4.1%.