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    The surname Amore

    A surname, carried by 1,822 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex A560

    Amore: #15,947 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Amore #15,947, 1,822 people Amore: #15,947 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Amore #15,947, 1,822 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Amore is more common than 90.2% of them.

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,822 people named Amore in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 169,454 Americans. That is up 9.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,660.

    #15,947
    rank among US surnames
    1,822
    people in 2010
    0.6
    per 100,000 Americans
    +9.8%
    change since 2000 (was #16,042)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #15,938Allyn1,823169,361
    #15,947Butner1,822169,454
    #15,955Brightman1,821169,547

    Who is named Amore

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

    86% of people named Amore identified as white (not Hispanic), 6.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 4.8% as Black (not Hispanic).

    • White (not Hispanic) 86%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 6.0%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 4.8%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.9%
    • Two or more races 1.3%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Amore

    Amore 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 Amore?
    1,822 people in the United States had the surname Amore in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 169,454 Americans. It ranked 15,947th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Amore?
    In the 2010 Census, 86% of people named Amore identified as white (not Hispanic), and 6.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Amore getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,660 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,822 in 2010, up 9.8%.