Amos Forename
1,348th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 716,769 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Liberia
Amos Forename Definition:
A male name. Hebrew ‘burthen’. The name of one of the minor Old Testament prophets, occasionally used since the Reformation and especially common in the USA.
Amos Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 100% | 135,643 | 1:1,309 | 232 |
| Kenya | 100% | 110,094 | 1:421 | 74 |
| Tanzania | 100% | 86,011 | 1:614 | 127 |
| Uganda | 99% | 68,107 | 1:601 | 116 |
| South Africa | 100% | 40,560 | 1:1,344 | 191 |
| Malawi | 100% | 27,223 | 1:629 | 138 |
| Ghana | 99% | 26,913 | 1:1,003 | 218 |
| Zimbabwe | 99% | 25,881 | 1:596 | 91 |
| Mozambique | - | 22,560 | 1:1,208 | 267 |
| United States | 100% | 21,456 | 1:16,897 | 1,481 |
| Zambia | - | 19,945 | 1:795 | 177 |
| Liberia | 99% | 19,942 | 1:221 | 35 |
| DR Congo | 99% | 14,236 | 1:5,186 | 651 |
| Cameroon | 100% | 10,707 | 1:2,018 | 402 |
| Indonesia | 87% | 10,453 | 1:24,678 | 3,378 |
| Papua New Guinea | 98% | 9,595 | 1:850 | 97 |
| Sudan | 100% | 8,527 | 1:4,434 | 706 |
| Israel | 100% | 6,188 | 1:1,358 | 298 |
| Rwanda | - | 6,043 | 1:1,882 | 412 |
| Haiti | 100% | 4,889 | 1:2,194 | 350 |
| Brazil | 100% | 4,551 | 1:47,075 | 3,363 |
| South Sudan | 100% | 3,661 | 1:3,155 | 440 |
| Chad | 100% | 2,904 | 1:4,683 | 706 |
| India | 100% | 2,731 | 1:444,847 | 37,040 |
| Italy | 100% | 1,831 | 1:33,349 | 1,113 |
| Jamaica | - | 1,773 | 1:1,626 | 387 |
| Benin | 100% | 1,748 | 1:6,050 | 965 |
| Mali | 100% | 1,602 | 1:10,598 | 885 |
| Angola | 100% | 1,485 | 1:18,159 | 1,621 |
| Botswana | 100% | 1,240 | 1:1,762 | 313 |
| England | 100% | 1,222 | 1:45,502 | 2,225 |
| Mexico | 98% | 1,104 | 1:112,450 | 2,712 |
| Namibia | - | 1,094 | 1:2,198 | 415 |
| Ethiopia | 75% | 1,040 | 1:93,808 | 6,821 |
| Canada | 100% | 901 | 1:36,774 | 2,729 |
| Guinea | 100% | 878 | 1:13,506 | 833 |
| Togo | - | 824 | 1:8,785 | 1,321 |
| Philippines | 98% | 805 | 1:131,689 | 6,747 |
| Swaziland | - | 743 | 1:1,750 | 400 |
| Ivory Coast | 99% | 723 | 1:31,917 | 2,612 |
| Congo | 100% | 547 | 1:9,158 | 1,206 |
| Solomon Islands | 100% | 538 | 1:1,080 | 205 |
| Australia | - | 529 | 1:25,818 | 1,638 |
| Burkina Faso | 100% | 519 | 1:35,413 | 2,716 |
| Peru | 100% | 442 | 1:71,926 | 3,016 |
| Poland | 100% | 424 | 1:89,687 | 2,012 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 408 | 1:75,521 | 8,273 |
| Spain | 100% | 330 | 1:141,000 | 3,445 |
| Malaysia | 97% | 321 | 1:94,860 | 6,740 |
| Singapore | 100% | 296 | 1:21,240 | 3,629 |
| Gabon | 100% | 281 | 1:6,702 | 1,252 |
| China | - | 280 | 1:4,878,771 | 53,358 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 271 | 1:111,446 | 4,892 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 259 | 1:40,275 | 2,918 |
| Vanuatu | - | 239 | 1:1,095 | 315 |
| Bolivia | 100% | 196 | 1:54,089 | 2,065 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 186 | 1:7,319 | 1,171 |
| Bahamas | - | 175 | 1:2,282 | 482 |
| Kuwait | - | 161 | 1:23,511 | 2,397 |
| New Zealand | - | 151 | 1:30,040 | 1,991 |
| Morocco | - | 136 | 1:252,564 | 6,008 |
| Germany | 93% | 130 | 1:743,676 | 6,623 |
| France | 94% | 117 | 1:568,123 | 5,777 |
| Guyana | 100% | 105 | 1:7,269 | 1,197 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 100 | 1:169,021 | 6,886 |
| Thailand | 100% | 89 | 1:787,256 | 31,806 |
| Guatemala | 100% | 83 | 1:194,077 | 3,002 |
| Hong Kong | - | 79 | 1:98,136 | 2,803 |
| Lesotho | 100% | 75 | 1:27,200 | 3,253 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 73 | 1:112,514 | 3,383 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 98% | 70 | 1:1,594 | 296 |
| Finland | 100% | 58 | 1:94,538 | 2,326 |
| Panama | 100% | 55 | 1:71,028 | 4,055 |
| Sweden | 100% | 53 | 1:185,998 | 6,619 |
| Romania | 100% | 50 | 1:401,040 | 11,505 |
| Sierra Leone | - | 49 | 1:144,667 | 358 |
| Belgium | 100% | 44 | 1:261,137 | 5,641 |
| Honduras | 100% | 43 | 1:205,057 | 4,744 |
| El Salvador | - | 39 | 1:162,610 | 2,629 |
| Scotland | 100% | 39 | 1:137,189 | 2,849 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 39 | 1:2,814 | 533 |
| Argentina | 100% | 38 | 1:1,125,612 | 5,540 |
| Czechia | 82% | 38 | 1:280,425 | 1,908 |
| Saint Lucia | 100% | 38 | 1:4,679 | 797 |
| Ireland | 100% | 37 | 1:125,501 | 2,828 |
| Wales | 100% | 37 | 1:83,630 | 2,261 |
| Central African Republic | - | 36 | 1:125,428 | 257 |
| Nicaragua | 100% | 31 | 1:194,140 | 5,033 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 31 | 1:230,709 | 14,681 |
| Chile | 92% | 27 | 1:652,119 | 7,084 |
| Myanmar | - | 25 | 1:2,077,931 | 882 |
| Russia | 67% | 23 | 1:6,271,031 | 28,173 |
| Ukraine | 96% | 23 | 1:1,978,257 | 5,028 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | - | 21 | 1:1,653 | 420 |
| Colombia | 100% | 20 | 1:2,388,946 | 18,551 |
| Denmark | - | 20 | 1:282,475 | 5,507 |
| Greenland | - | 20 | 1:2,819 | 456 |
| Belize | 100% | 19 | 1:18,648 | 2,166 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 18 | 1:264,886 | 5,347 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 18 | 1:1,320,538 | 43,414 |
| Norway | 100% | 16 | 1:320,771 | 6,812 |
| Pakistan | 100% | 16 | 1:12,147,355 | 77,853 |
| Northern Ireland | 57% | 15 | 1:122,876 | 1,568 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 15 | 1:6,626 | 1,171 |
| Niger | 92% | 15 | 1:1,278,933 | 18,398 |
| Albania | 100% | 13 | 1:234,352 | 11,554 |
| Japan | - | 12 | 1:10,665,505 | 35,725 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 100% | 12 | 1:4,572 | 824 |
| South Korea | - | 12 | 1:462,035 | 12,149 |
| Dominica | - | 11 | 1:6,861 | 344 |
| Grenada | 100% | 11 | 1:9,830 | 1,266 |
| Cambodia | 63% | 10 | 1:1,627,333 | 20,911 |
| Paraguay | 100% | 10 | 1:723,680 | 5,820 |
| Qatar | 100% | 10 | 1:236,960 | 22,379 |
| Egypt | 100% | 9 | 1:10,211,216 | 21,716 |
| Fiji | - | 9 | 1:99,153 | 1,900 |
| Austria | 100% | 8 | 1:1,064,275 | 7,469 |
| Guam | - | 7 | 1:22,949 | 2,164 |
| Iceland | 100% | 7 | 1:52,288 | 2,981 |
| British Virgin Islands | - | 6 | 1:5,208 | 987 |
| Anguilla | 100% | 5 | 1:2,651 | 523 |
| Ecuador | - | 5 | 1:3,545,384 | 15,000 |
| Marshall Islands | 100% | 5 | 1:10,246 | 1,467 |
| Senegal | - | 5 | 1:2,916,271 | 15,947 |
| Slovakia | 100% | 5 | 1:1,062,013 | 3,906 |
| Afghanistan | - | 4 | 1:8,155,879 | 35,337 |
| Bangladesh | - | 4 | 1:39,865,342 | 24,379 |
| Libya | - | 4 | 1:1,555,327 | 1,779 |
| Monaco | - | 4 | 1:9,616 | 1,312 |
| Oman | - | 4 | 1:1,027,167 | 6,577 |
| Portugal | - | 4 | 1:2,602,716 | 8,189 |
| Seychelles | 100% | 4 | 1:23,168 | 1,192 |
| Tunisia | - | 4 | 1:169,226 | 7,289 |
| Croatia | 100% | 3 | 1:1,405,692 | 11,430 |
| Lebanon | - | 3 | 1:1,875,857 | 11,580 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 3 | 1:1,183,434 | 5,646 |
| Uruguay | - | 3 | 1:1,142,546 | 10,015 |
| Armenia | 100% | 2 | 1:1,459,376 | 10,220 |
| Barbados | - | 2 | 1:144,894 | 2,643 |
| Cayman Islands | - | 2 | 1:30,650 | 1,815 |
| Greece | 100% | 2 | 1:5,467,274 | 17,678 |
| Kazakhstan | 100% | 2 | 1:8,873,422 | 35,327 |
| Lithuania | - | 2 | 1:1,475,941 | 3,949 |
| Nauru | 100% | 2 | 1:5,964 | 459 |
| Nepal | - | 2 | 1:14,243,676 | 86,069 |
| Turkey | 100% | 2 | 1:38,900,854 | 64,839 |
| Vietnam | - | 2 | 1:46,311,556 | 7,272 |
| American Samoa | - | 1 | 1:55,845 | 3,376 |
| Aruba | - | 1 | 1:103,780 | 2,838 |
| Azerbaijan | - | 1 | 1:9,642,944 | 42,290 |
| Bahrain | - | 1 | 1:1,348,673 | 7,854 |
| Belarus | 100% | 1 | 1:9,482,384 | 20,892 |
| Burundi | - | 1 | 1:9,906,559 | 2,558 |
| Cape Verde | - | 1 | 1:529,151 | 6,361 |
| Cyprus | - | 1 | 1:871,076 | 5,368 |
| Djibouti | - | 1 | 1:915,664 | 2,132 |
| French Polynesia | - | 1 | 1:277,902 | 3,605 |
| Gambia | - | 1 | 1:1,926,596 | 1,391 |
| Georgia | 100% | 1 | 1:3,738,466 | 29,095 |
| Gibraltar | - | 1 | 1:34,138 | 985 |
| Iran | - | 1 | 1:78,496,868 | 65,150 |
| Iraq | - | 1 | 1:35,017,859 | 22,933 |
| Liechtenstein | - | 1 | 1:37,856 | 1,091 |
| Malta | - | 1 | 1:429,360 | 3,141 |
| Micronesia | - | 1 | 1:106,500 | 1,462 |
| Moldova | 100% | 1 | 1:3,561,139 | 8,690 |
| Montenegro | - | 1 | 1:634,576 | 4,914 |
| Saint Martin | - | 1 | 1:35,746 | 277 |
| Serbia | - | 1 | 1:7,145,721 | 10,629 |
| Slovenia | 100% | 1 | 1:2,458,758 | 6,723 |
| Yemen | - | 1 | 1:26,296,751 | 14,474 |
The alternate forms: Amós (1,889), Ámos (5), Amòs (2), Amoş (1), Amôs (1), Àmos (1) & Ámós (1) are calculated separately.
Amos (326,268) may also be a surname.
Amos Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
A male name. Hebrew ‘burthen’. The name of one of the minor Old Testament prophets, occasionally used since the Reformation and especially common in the USA.
— The Oxford Dictionary of Christian Names (1947) by E. G. Withycombe
M. From Hebrew for ‘a burden’, it is nevertheless a friendly sort of name.
— Name This Child (1959) by Eric Partridge
The Scripture name, in Hebrew אמם, Amos, signifying a ‘burden.’
— Prænomina (1882) by Richard Stephen Charnock
Ay'-mos, loading, weighty. 1. The fourth of the minor prophets, who in his youth had been a herdsman in Tekoa. 2. The father of the prophet Isaiah. Chap. i. 1. 2. The son of Nahum, and father of Mattathias, mentioned in the genealogy of our Saviour. Luke iii. 25. 2.
— The Proper Names of The Bible (1855) by John Farrar
Meaning: to lade, to burden.
— A Dictionary of the Proper Names of the Old and New Testament (1909) by James Beaumont Jackson
A Hebrew name, meaning: Bearer of burdens: brave: strong: burden.
— Dictionary of Given Names with Origins and Meanings (1934) by Flora Haines Loughead
Amos Forename Popularity
Amos Demographics
Amos Religious Adherence
in Ireland
Sample size: 24 (1901)
Religious Adherence
in Ireland
Phonetically Similar Names
Amos Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Amos in the Russian language | ||
| Амос | amos | - |
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