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The surname Amell

A surname, carried by 1,020 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex A540

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Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Amell is more common than 84.9% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,020 people named Amell in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 302,692 Americans. That is up 14% since 2000, when the Census counted 896.

#24,517
rank among US surnames
1,020
people in 2010
0.3
per 100,000 Americans
+13.8%
change since 2000 (was #25,805)

Who is named Amell

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

92% of people named Amell identified as white (not Hispanic), 5.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

  • White (not Hispanic) 92%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 5.3%
  • Two or more races 1.0%
  • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.8%
The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Asian & Pacific Islander are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Amell

Amell has the Soundex code A540, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code A540.

Questions

How common is the surname Amell?
1,020 people in the United States had the surname Amell in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 302,692 Americans. It ranked 24,517th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Amell?
In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Amell identified as white (not Hispanic), and 5.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Amell getting more or less common?
More common. 896 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,020 in 2010, up 14%.