How common is the surname Amato?

12,713 people in the United States had the surname Amato in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 24,286 Americans. It ranked 2,837th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Amato?

In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Amato identified as white (not Hispanic), and 5.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Amato?

Serena Amato, Argentine sailor, followed by Nancy M. Amato.

Where is the surname Amato most common?

Wikidata records people named Amato in the United States and Argentina.

Is the surname Amato getting more or less common?

More common. 12,411 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 12,713 in 2010, up 2.4%.

The surname Amato

An Italian surname, carried by 12,713 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex A530

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Amato is more common than 98.3% of them.

Origin

Italian origin

Borrowed from Italian Amato.

One of 798 Italian surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 12,713 people named Amato in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 24,286 Americans. That is up 2.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 12,411.

#2,837

rank among US surnames

12,713

people in 2010

4.3

per 100,000 Americans

+2.4%

change since 2000 (was #2,676)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#2,828	Rees	12,754	24,208
#2,829	Pedraza	12,748	24,219
#2,830	Crisp	12,741	24,232
#2,831	Gillette	12,724	24,265
#2,832	Stock	12,722	24,269
#2,833	Messina	12,717	24,278
#2,836	Angulo	12,714	24,284

Who is named Amato

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

92% of people named Amato identified as white (not Hispanic), 5.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.1% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

White (not Hispanic) 92%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 5.2%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.1%
Two or more races 1.0%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.4%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.1%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Amatos

3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Serena Amato
Argentine sailor, born 1974
Nancy M. Amato
American computer scientist, born 1950
Sara Del Rey
American professional wrestler, born 1980

Notable Amatos come mostly from the United States (2) and Argentina (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Surnames that sound like Amato

Amato has the Soundex code A530, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code A530.

Other Italian surnames

All 798 Italian surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Amato come from?: Borrowed from Italian Amato.
How common is the surname Amato?: 12,713 people in the United States had the surname Amato in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 24,286 Americans. It ranked 2,837th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Amato?: In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Amato identified as white (not Hispanic), and 5.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Amato?: Serena Amato, Argentine sailor, followed by Nancy M. Amato.
Where is the surname Amato most common?: Wikidata records people named Amato in the United States and Argentina.
Is the surname Amato getting more or less common?: More common. 12,411 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 12,713 in 2010, up 2.4%.