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    The surname Amey

    A surname, carried by 2,304 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex A500

    Amey: #13,251 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Amey #13,251, 2,304 people Amey: #13,251 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Amey #13,251, 2,304 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Amey is more common than 91.8% of them.

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,304 people named Amey in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 134,004 Americans. That is up 8.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,115.

    #13,251
    rank among US surnames
    2,304
    people in 2010
    0.8
    per 100,000 Americans
    +8.9%
    change since 2000 (was #13,233)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #13,246Yousef2,305133,946
    #13,251Amey2,304134,004
    #13,255Blackledge2,303134,062
    #13,259Hershman2,302134,121

    Who is named Amey

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

    54% of people named Amey identified as white (not Hispanic), 39% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 54%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 39%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.1%
    • Two or more races 2.9%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.0%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Ameys

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Blanco Brown
      American rapper and singer, born 1985

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Amey

    Amey has the Soundex code A500, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code A500.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Amey?
    2,304 people in the United States had the surname Amey in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 134,004 Americans. It ranked 13,251st of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Amey?
    In the 2010 Census, 54% of people named Amey identified as white (not Hispanic), and 39% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Amey?
    Blanco Brown, American rapper and singer.
    Where is the surname Amey most common?
    Wikidata records people named Amey in the United States.
    Is the surname Amey getting more or less common?
    More common. 2,115 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,304 in 2010, up 8.9%.