How common is the surname Amen?

1,938 people in the United States had the surname Amen in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 159,311 Americans. It ranked 15,201st of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Amen?

Daniel Amen, American psychiatrist and self-help author (b. 1954).

Where is the surname Amen most common?

Wikidata records people named Amen in the United States.

Is the surname Amen getting more or less common?

More common. 1,700 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,938 in 2010, up 14%.

The surname Amen

An Arabic surname, carried by 1,938 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex A550

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Amen is more common than 90.6% of them.

Origin

Arabic origin

Multiple origins, including a respelling of German Ammann or a variant of Amin from Arabic أَمِين (ʔamīn).

One of 179 Arabic surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,938 people named Amen in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 159,311 Americans. That is up 14% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,700.

#15,201

rank among US surnames

1,938

people in 2010

0.7

per 100,000 Americans

+14%

change since 2000 (was #15,759)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#15,194	Herzberg	1,939	159,229
#15,201	Munk	1,938	159,311
#15,210	Schnur	1,937	159,394

Who is named Amen

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

80% of people named Amen identified as white (not Hispanic), 7.0% as Black (not Hispanic) and 5.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 80%
Black (not Hispanic) 7.0%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 5.3%
Asian and Pacific Islander 4.4%
Two or more races 1.9%
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.1%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Amens

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Daniel Amen
American psychiatrist and self-help author (b. 1954)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Amen

Amen has the Soundex code A550, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code A550.

Other Arabic surnames

All 179 Arabic surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Amen come from?: Multiple origins, including a respelling of German Ammann or a variant of Amin from Arabic أَمِين (ʔamīn).
How common is the surname Amen?: 1,938 people in the United States had the surname Amen in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 159,311 Americans. It ranked 15,201st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Amen?: In the 2010 Census, 80% of people named Amen identified as white (not Hispanic), and 7.0% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Amen?: Daniel Amen, American psychiatrist and self-help author (b. 1954).
Where is the surname Amen most common?: Wikidata records people named Amen in the United States.
Is the surname Amen getting more or less common?: More common. 1,700 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,938 in 2010, up 14%.