How common is the surname Amendola?

1,977 people in the United States had the surname Amendola in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 156,169 Americans. It ranked 14,957th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Amendola?

In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Amendola identified as white (not Hispanic), and 6.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Amendola?

Tony Amendola, American actor, followed by Danny Amendola.

Where is the surname Amendola most common?

Wikidata records people named Amendola in the United States.

Is the surname Amendola getting more or less common?

Less common. 2,024 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,977 in 2010, down 2.3%.

The surname Amendola

An Italian surname, carried by 1,977 people in the United States.

4 syllables Soundex A553

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Amendola is more common than 90.8% of them.

Origin

Italian origin

Borrowed from Italian Amendola.

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 1,977 people named Amendola in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 156,169 Americans. That is down 2.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,024.

#14,957

rank among US surnames

1,977

people in 2010

0.7

per 100,000 Americans

-2.3%

change since 2000 (was #13,731)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#14,950	Ingold	1,978	156,090
#14,957	Toone	1,977	156,169
#14,965	Smathers	1,976	156,248

Who is named Amendola

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

93% of people named Amendola identified as white (not Hispanic), 6.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 93%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 6.1%
Two or more races 0.3%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.3%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Amendolas

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Tony Amendola
American actor, born 1951
Danny Amendola
American football player (born 1985)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Amendola

Amendola has the Soundex code A553, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code A553.

Other Italian surnames

All 798 Italian surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Amendola come from?: Borrowed from Italian Amendola.
How common is the surname Amendola?: 1,977 people in the United States had the surname Amendola in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 156,169 Americans. It ranked 14,957th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Amendola?: In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Amendola identified as white (not Hispanic), and 6.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Amendola?: Tony Amendola, American actor, followed by Danny Amendola.
Where is the surname Amendola most common?: Wikidata records people named Amendola in the United States.
Is the surname Amendola getting more or less common?: Less common. 2,024 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,977 in 2010, down 2.3%.