Amelang Surname

386,348th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 919 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Amelang Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Amelang Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany6391:125,98715,384
United States2341:1,548,970104,799
Dominican Republic311:336,54611,471
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
Canada21:18,422,796409,488
Greece21:5,539,895129,142
Switzerland21:4,106,458122,336
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
England11:55,718,059489,080
Georgia11:3,745,54547,852
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England11:24,375,369195,128
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States121:4,184,890180,076

Amelang Last Name Facts

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

Amelang is borne by more people in Germany than any other country/territory. It can appear as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Amelang.

How Common Is The Last Name Amelang? popularity and diffusion

The last name Amelang is the 386,348th most commonly occurring family name on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 7,929,865 people. The surname Amelang occurs predominantly in Europe, where 71 percent of Amelang are found; 70 percent are found in Western Europe and 70 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

This last name is most common in Germany, where it is held by 639 people, or 1 in 125,987. In Germany it is mostly concentrated in: Saxony-Anhalt, where 31 percent are found, North Rhine-Westphalia, where 13 percent are found and Lower Saxony, where 11 percent are found. Outside of Germany it is found in 13 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 25 percent are found and The Dominican Republic, where 3 percent are found.

Amelang Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Amelang has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the last name expanded 1,950 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Amelang Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Amelang last name are 13.65% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 60.42% registered with the party.

Amelang earn significantly more than the average income. In United States they earn 26% more than the national average, earning $54,369 USD per year.

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Amelang Reference & Research

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Amelang
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis