Amado Surname
Approximately 103,052 people bear this surname
Amado Surname Definition:
Of Castilian origin. Equivalent to Spanish word "amador," and derived from latin "amatus" meaning to love. French equivalent is proper name "Aimé." Surname originally from Hebrew name for David, and means lover or suitor.
Comes from the Arabic "Habib" meaning beloved.
Read More About This SurnameAmado Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Angola | 16,170 | 1:1,669 | 301 |
| Colombia | 14,319 | 1:3,336 | 574 |
| Mozambique | 13,596 | 1:2,005 | 500 |
| Mexico | 10,081 | 1:12,313 | 1,161 |
| Philippines | 8,344 | 1:12,133 | 1,218 |
| Argentina | 8,239 | 1:5,188 | 572 |
| Spain | 5,898 | 1:7,927 | 963 |
| Portugal | 5,822 | 1:1,789 | 264 |
| United States | 3,320 | 1:109,174 | 11,917 |
| Peru | 2,891 | 1:10,994 | 1,525 |
| Brazil | 2,439 | 1:87,771 | 3,308 |
| Guatemala | 1,555 | 1:10,343 | 1,108 |
| Venezuela | 1,384 | 1:21,824 | 1,540 |
| Uganda | 1,347 | 1:28,982 | 3,986 |
| Ethiopia | 1,288 | 1:75,735 | 7,282 |
| Egypt | 763 | 1:120,492 | 9,804 |
| Uruguay | 752 | 1:4,564 | 521 |
| France | 730 | 1:90,990 | 13,122 |
| Cuba | 602 | 1:19,141 | 1,230 |
| Saudi Arabia | 437 | 1:70,608 | 10,708 |
| Nigeria | 405 | 1:437,390 | 22,495 |
| Niger | 356 | 1:53,910 | 2,655 |
| Dominican Republic | 354 | 1:29,472 | 1,755 |
| Chile | 287 | 1:61,381 | 2,601 |
| Panama | 196 | 1:19,960 | 1,349 |
| Canada | 179 | 1:205,841 | 20,025 |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | 175 | 1:1,014 | 152 |
| Israel | 173 | 1:49,466 | 6,521 |
| England | 122 | 1:456,705 | 30,074 |
| Bolivia | 102 | 1:104,083 | 4,003 |
| Paraguay | 78 | 1:92,779 | 2,216 |
| Ecuador | 70 | 1:227,226 | 8,217 |
| Germany | 46 | 1:1,750,119 | 100,509 |
| Switzerland | 43 | 1:190,998 | 16,977 |
| Sudan | 36 | 1:1,041,950 | 3,038 |
| Netherlands | 28 | 1:603,113 | 52,179 |
| Benin | 26 | 1:397,523 | 29,143 |
| Turkey | 26 | 1:2,993,132 | 85,930 |
| South Africa | 25 | 1:2,167,108 | 94,352 |
| Australia | 21 | 1:1,285,510 | 68,491 |
| DR Congo | 21 | 1:3,518,075 | 145,665 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | 19 | 1:2,873 | 305 |
| Burkina Faso | 18 | 1:1,019,561 | 10,177 |
| Russia | 18 | 1:8,006,836 | 292,169 |
| Belgium | 17 | 1:676,273 | 58,718 |
| Indonesia | 16 | 1:8,265,575 | 327,276 |
| Costa Rica | 15 | 1:318,671 | 3,310 |
| Thailand | 15 | 1:4,709,223 | 352,754 |
| Cameroon | 13 | 1:1,597,621 | 87,539 |
| Singapore | 13 | 1:423,669 | 18,211 |
| Italy | 12 | 1:5,096,391 | 108,968 |
| United Arab Emirates | 12 | 1:763,523 | 25,625 |
| Lebanon | 11 | 1:512,462 | 12,816 |
| Puerto Rico | 10 | 1:355,014 | 2,904 |
| Denmark | 9 | 1:627,191 | 36,734 |
| Guam | 8 | 1:20,015 | 3,029 |
| Malaysia | 7 | 1:4,213,461 | 150,293 |
| Sweden | 7 | 1:1,406,680 | 102,017 |
| India | 6 | 1:127,844,230 | 863,365 |
| East Timor | 4 | 1:303,982 | 255 |
| Kuwait | 4 | 1:950,174 | 18,811 |
| Morocco | 4 | 1:8,619,025 | 73,251 |
| Taiwan | 4 | 1:5,861,186 | 33,577 |
| Togo | 4 | 1:1,811,942 | 8,122 |
| El Salvador | 3 | 1:2,114,629 | 5,401 |
| Honduras | 3 | 1:2,938,814 | 7,190 |
| Norway | 3 | 1:1,714,095 | 79,528 |
| Scotland | 3 | 1:1,784,606 | 41,943 |
| Wales | 3 | 1:1,031,511 | 34,732 |
| Ireland | 2 | 1:2,354,470 | 19,715 |
| Cape Verde | 2 | 1:264,821 | 5,214 |
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
| Croatia | 2 | 1:2,114,302 | 85,143 |
| Ivory Coast | 2 | 1:11,535,616 | 61,806 |
| Japan | 2 | 1:63,922,146 | 62,827 |
| Luxembourg | 2 | 1:290,271 | 8,611 |
| Papua New Guinea | 2 | 1:4,076,858 | 165,791 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Andorra | 1 | 1:83,838 | 2,381 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 1 | 1:99,171 | 2,137 |
| Aruba | 1 | 1:103,477 | 2,586 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Bahrain | 1 | 1:1,348,608 | 10,432 |
| Barbados | 1 | 1:287,448 | 2,772 |
| Belize | 1 | 1:355,474 | 3,977 |
| Brunei | 1 | 1:418,731 | 3,893 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Jamaica | 1 | 1:2,869,947 | 13,896 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
| Malta | 1 | 1:430,272 | 3,380 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| Moldova | 1 | 1:3,561,368 | 78,271 |
| Mongolia | 1 | 1:2,825,289 | 17,010 |
| Nicaragua | 1 | 1:6,021,090 | 8,768 |
| Oman | 1 | 1:3,687,971 | 14,390 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 2 | 1:12,187,685 | 173,419 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 18 | 1:2,789,927 | 129,797 |
The alternate forms: Amadò (114), Amadó (10) & Âmado (1) are calculated separately.
Amado (193,245) may also be a first name.
Amado Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
Of Castilian origin. Equivalent to Spanish word "amador," and derived from latin "amatus" meaning to love. French equivalent is proper name "Aimé." Surname originally from Hebrew name for David, and means lover or suitor.
Comes from the Arabic "Habib" meaning beloved.
Found in Aragon near Jaca. Originates with a Gothic knight refuged in mountains of Jaca during Arabic invasion. Later went to Valencia.
See Amador.
User-submitted Reference
The Amado surname means 'loved one'. Several origins might have given birth to the surname in different places of Spain and Portugal. One of them is of Jewish extract, equivalent to Haviv in Hebrew, other come from Latin amatus when people were baptized or converted into Christianity. The current distribution in the Iberian Peninsula and in the World suggest that the Amado surname is of Galician (second highest frequency after Sao Tomé in current days) or Portuguese origin as it's were it's found the most. One of the reasons for Portugal having a high number of people named Amado is that it was shelter for Jews when they had to leave Spain in 1492.
The 10 first countries today having the highest number of people bearing Amado as surname are either destiny of Portuguese or Galician inmigration since the XVI century.
- sicuoyaAmadó, with an accent on the o is a Catalan surname, meaning 'the loving one'.
- a1956Amado Demographics
Average Male Amado Height
173.08 cm
Average Female Amado Height
158.71 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Amado Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Amado Come From? nationality or country of origin
Amado (Arabic: اماضو, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺁﻣﺪﻭ, Hindi: अमदो, Marathi: अमाडो, Russian: Амадо) is found most frequently in Angola. It may also be found as a variant: Amadò, Amadó or Âmado. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Amado? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 5,500th most numerous last name internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 70,717 people. This surname occurs mostly in The Americas, where 44 percent of Amado are found; 30 percent are found in South America and 29 percent are found in Luso-Southern Africa. It is also the 5,415th most commonly occurring first name world-wide, held by 193,245 people.
Amado is most widespread in Angola, where it is borne by 16,170 people, or 1 in 1,669. Beside Angola this surname is found in 105 countries. It is also found in Colombia, where 14 percent live and Mozambique, where 13 percent live.
Amado Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Amado has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Amado surname grew 18,444 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it grew 6,100 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Amado Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the surname is predominantly Sunni (100%) in Lebanon and Christian (100%) in Nigeria.
In The United States Amado are 42.01% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 95.24% being registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Amado earn in different countries varies greatly. In Peru they earn 38.73% more than the national average, earning S/. 26,892 per year; in South Africa they earn 56.75% less than the national average, earning R 102,780 per year; in Colombia they earn 1.41% more than the national average, earning $23,022,400 COP per year; in United States they earn 5.57% less than the national average, earning $40,746 USD per year and in Canada they earn 5.29% less than the national average, earning $47,057 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Amado Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Amado in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺁﻣﺪﻭ | amdw | - |
| Amado in the Hindi language | ||
| अमदो | amado | 66.67 |
| अमादो | amado | 33.33 |
| Amado in the Marathi language | ||
| अमाडो | amado | 50 |
| अमादो | amado | 25 |
| आमादो | amado | 25 |
| Amado in the Russian language | ||
| Амадо | amado | - |
| Amado in the Arabic language | ||
| اماضو | amadw | - |
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