Amos Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

England

Bedfordshire 0
Buckinghamshire 30
Berkshire 63
Cambridgeshire 41
Channel Islands 4
Cheshire 37
Cornwall 4
Cumberland 37
Derbyshire 40
Devon 29
Dorset 13
Durham 114
Essex 225
Gloucestershire 317
Hampshire 43
Herefordshire 68
Hertfordshire 21
Huntingdonshire (and Rutland) 3
Isle of Man 0
Kent 837
Lancashire 231
Leicestershire 22
Lincolnshire 75
London 619
Middlesex 76
Northumberland 105
Norfolk 97
Northamptonshire 215
Nottinghamshire 84
Oxfordshire 29
Rutland (and Huntingdonshire) 3
Shropshire 29
Suffolk 118
Somerset 105
Surrey 103
Sussex 32
Staffordshire 340
Warwickshire 182
Westmorland 8
Wiltshire 109
Worcestershire 61
Yorkshire 191

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 31
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 8
Denbighshire 17
Flintshire 41
Glamorgan 56
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 56
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0

Amos Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Amos family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 841
Agricultural Labourer 119
General Labourer 85
Coal Miner 72
Dress Maker 56
Labourer 45
Domestic Servant 40
Farm Labourer 40
General Servant 32
Farmer 32
Living On Own Means 31
Laundress 29
General Servant Domestic 23
Brick Layer 22
Carpenter 20
Gardener 20
Farm Servant 18
Blacksmith 16
Living On Her Own Means 16
Shoe Maker 16
Tailoress 15
Iron Worker 15
House Keeper 14
Clerk 14
Dressmaker 13

Most Frequent Forenames for Amos

Name Census Frequency
William Amos 2,118
Mary Amos 1,945
John Amos 1,696
George Amos 1,284
Elizabeth Amos 1,265
Thomas Amos 1,251
Sarah Amos 1,130
James Amos 841
Henry Amos 772
Charles Amos 706
Ann Amos 609
Eliza Amos 501
Joseph Amos 499
Jane Amos 486
Alice Amos 447
Annie Amos 417
Emma Amos 408
Frederick Amos 407
Edward Amos 403
Alfred Amos 399
Ellen Amos 398
Richard Amos 369
Emily Amos 361
Arthur Amos 328
Robert Amos 313

Amos Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Amos 100% 32,097
2 Eames 60% 13,407
3 Ames 75% 13,248
4 Amies 60% 3,465
5 Mees 25% 2,873
6 Amis 75% 2,445
7 Mose 50% 2,338
8 Mouse 40% 1,707
9 Meese 20% 1,591
10 Muse 25% 1,525
11 Emes 50% 1,288
12 Mase 25% 1,027
13 Maas 25% 748
14 Moose 40% 670
15 Moise 40% 624
16 Amoss 80% 597
17 Moase 40% 435
18 Mais 25% 357
19 Mease 20% 312
20 Amas 75% 289
21 Moos 50% 280
22 Ams 75% 260
23 Iams 50% 243
24 Imes 50% 190
25 Aimes 60% 176
26 Omes 50% 157
27 Eams 50% 147
28 Aims 50% 142
29 Meas 25% 122
30 Ems 50% 121
31 Mas 50% 117
32 Aamos 80% 116
33 Mouis 40% 111
34 Moes 50% 102

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