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    The surname Amer

    A surname, carried by 1,481 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex A560

    Amer: #18,601 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Amer #18,601, 1,481 people Amer: #18,601 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Amer #18,601, 1,481 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Amer is more common than 88.5% of them.

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,481 people named Amer in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 208,471 Americans. That is up 22% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,214.

    #18,601
    rank among US surnames
    1,481
    people in 2010
    0.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    +22%
    change since 2000 (was #20,359)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #18,596Winnett1,482208,330
    #18,601Beerman1,481208,471
    #18,609Bosquez1,480208,612

    Who is named Amer

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

    76% of people named Amer identified as white (not Hispanic), 11% as Asian and Pacific Islander and 6.4% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 76%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 11%
    • Two or more races 6.4%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 3.2%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.0%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Amer

    Amer has the Soundex code A560, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code A560.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Amer?
    1,481 people in the United States had the surname Amer in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 208,471 Americans. It ranked 18,601st of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Amer?
    In the 2010 Census, 76% of people named Amer identified as white (not Hispanic), and 11% as Asian and Pacific Islander.
    Is the surname Amer getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,214 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,481 in 2010, up 22%.