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 11
Buckinghamshire 54
Berkshire 13
Cambridgeshire 28
Channel Islands 10
Cheshire 54
Cornwall 0
Cumberland 39
Derbyshire 54
Devon 47
Dorset 16
Durham 224
Essex 465
Gloucestershire 275
Hampshire 60
Herefordshire 88
Hertfordshire 25
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 945
Lancashire 267
Leicestershire 48
Lincolnshire 75
London 743
Middlesex 168
Northumberland 170
Norfolk 58
Northamptonshire 190
Nottinghamshire 78
Oxfordshire 41
Rutland 0
Shropshire 45
Suffolk 93
Somerset 86
Surrey 182
Sussex 68
Staffordshire 460
Warwickshire 222
Westmorland 2
Wiltshire 15
Worcestershire 85
Yorkshire 253

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 42
Cardiganshire 16
Carnarvonshire 5
Carmarthenshire 1
Denbighshire 9
Flintshire 22
Glamorgan 190
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 112
Pembrokeshire 3
Radnorshire 2

Amos Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Amos family

Profession Census Frequency
School 603
Farm Labourer 72
Coal Miner Hewer 59
General Labourer 51
General Servant (domestic) 43
Labourer 42
None 32
Bricklayer 30
Dressmaker 29
Domestic Servant 26
Housekeeper 25
House Painter 24
Private Means 24
Farmer 22
Laundress 20
Scholar 18
Carpenter 17
Clerk 17
General Servant Domestic 14
Coal Miner (hewer) 14
Cook (domestic) 13
At School 13
Gardener (domestic) 13
Butcher 12
Waggoner On Farm 12

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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