How common is the surname Ambroise?

1,103 people in the United States had the surname Ambroise in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 279,914 Americans. It ranked 23,135th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Ambroise getting more or less common?

More common. 703 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,103 in 2010, up 57%.

Is Ambroise also a first name?

Yes. Ambroise is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.

The surname Ambroise

A French surname, carried by 1,103 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex A516 Also a first name

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Ambroise is more common than 85.7% of them.

Origin

French origin

A surname from French.

One of 791 French surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,103 people named Ambroise in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 279,914 Americans. That is up 57% since 2000, when the Census counted 703.

#23,135

rank among US surnames

1,103

people in 2010

0.4

per 100,000 Americans

+56.9%

change since 2000 (was #31,202)

Who is named Ambroise

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

90% of people named Ambroise identified as Black (not Hispanic), 3.9% as white (not Hispanic) and 2.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Black (not Hispanic) 90%
White (not Hispanic) 3.9%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.9%
Two or more races 2.7%

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

Compare: most common surnames among Black Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Ambroise

Ambroise has the Soundex code A516, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code A516.

Other French surnames

All 791 French surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Ambroise come from?: Ambroise is French in origin.
How common is the surname Ambroise?: 1,103 people in the United States had the surname Ambroise in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 279,914 Americans. It ranked 23,135th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Ambroise?: In the 2010 Census, 90% of people named Ambroise identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 3.9% as white (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Ambroise getting more or less common?: More common. 703 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,103 in 2010, up 57%.
Is Ambroise also a first name?: Yes. Ambroise is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.