Amberg Surname

103,890th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4,522 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Switzerland

Amberg Surname Definition:

(Danish) Dweller on, or near, a large hill or mountain.

Amberg Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany1,7311:46,5086,093
United States1,7171:211,10020,629
Switzerland4281:19,1893,120
France2741:242,41937,533
Sweden761:129,5639,162
Canada681:541,84745,466
Estonia501:26,4364,834
Finland411:134,06612,676
Hungary161:613,51735,830
Russia141:10,294,504334,277
Austria131:655,03358,041
Australia121:2,249,64297,973
Argentina81:5,342,927168,491
Slovakia81:667,05668,191
Norway81:642,78647,258
England71:7,959,723202,100
New Zealand61:754,72041,661
Belarus61:1,583,51089,472
Singapore41:1,376,92628,409
Greece31:3,693,263126,191
Brazil31:71,358,111770,017
Denmark31:1,881,57267,227
Thailand31:23,546,115908,588
Czechia31:3,544,490144,714
Belgium21:5,748,322130,559
Poland21:19,004,374199,659
South Africa21:27,088,852277,613
Dominican Republic11:10,432,93236,508
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
United States Virgin Islands11:110,3756,934
Bangladesh11:159,356,77326,077
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
Bosnia and Herzegovina11:3,536,40219,532
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England101:2,437,53768,340
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2901:173,16815,571

Amberg (24) may also be a first name.

Amberg Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(Danish) Dweller on, or near, a large hill or mountain.

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

Amberg Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Amberg Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Amberg (Arabic: لامبرغ, Georgian: ამბერგ, Russian: Амберг) is held by more people in Germany than any other country/territory. It may also be found as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Amberg? popularity and diffusion

The last name Amberg is the 103,890th most frequently held last name worldwide, held by around 1 in 1,611,576 people. The surname is mostly found in Europe, where 59 percent of Amberg live; 54 percent live in Western Europe and 47 percent live in Germanic Europe. It is also the 2,187,323rd most frequently used forename world-wide It is held by 24 people.

The last name Amberg is most frequently held in Germany, where it is carried by 1,731 people, or 1 in 46,508. In Germany it is most numerous in: Bavaria, where 31 percent are found, North Rhine-Westphalia, where 23 percent are found and Hesse, where 15 percent are found. Besides Germany this last name exists in 40 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 38 percent are found and Switzerland, where 9 percent are found.

Amberg Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Amberg has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Amberg last name grew 592 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it declined 30 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Amberg Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Amberg last name are 11.51% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 58.28% being registered with the party.

The amount Amberg earn in different countries varies markedly. In Norway they earn 20.15% less than the national average, earning 276,346 kr per year; in United States they earn 8.98% more than the national average, earning $47,022 USD per year and in Canada they earn 17.96% more than the national average, earning $58,606 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Amberg Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Amberg in the Georgian language
ამბერგamberg-
Amberg in the Russian language
Амбергamberg-
Amberg in the Arabic language
لامبرغlambrgh-

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