Americo Surname

20,396th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 26,810 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Mozambique
Highest density in:
Mozambique

Americo Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Americo Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Mozambique16,6861:1,634386
Brazil6,2531:34,2351,433
Angola2,7611:9,7751,207
Italy2011:304,26238,067
Portugal1891:55,1233,035
United States1781:2,036,286130,241
Dominican Republic1311:79,6413,650
Argentina941:454,71734,122
Indonesia641:2,066,394128,621
Peru521:611,23315,440
Spain461:1,016,34937,676
Benin391:265,01522,836
Uruguay271:127,10211,684
Venezuela151:2,013,60524,362
England81:6,964,757184,742
Germany61:13,417,576340,600
France61:11,070,454349,096
Canada61:6,140,932260,641
Russia51:28,824,611530,332
Mexico51:24,825,24158,251
Chile41:4,404,11844,633
South Africa31:18,059,235248,362
Zimbabwe31:5,146,080115,446
Belgium31:3,832,215117,288
Colombia31:15,924,69128,711
El Salvador21:3,171,9446,376
Guatemala21:8,041,3349,698
Senegal21:7,289,6718,117
Luxembourg21:290,2718,611
Switzerland21:4,106,458122,336
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Ethiopia11:97,546,26229,669
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Lebanon11:5,637,08332,436
Paraguay11:7,236,74616,511
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Nicaragua11:6,021,0908,768
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372

The alternate forms: Américo (3,689) & Amèrico (1) are calculated separately.

Americo (109,045) may also be a first name.

Americo Last Name Facts

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

Americo (Marathi: अमेिरको) occurs most in Mozambique. It can also be found in the variant forms: Américo or Amèrico. For other possible spellings of Americo click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Americo? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 20,396th most commonly used surname throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 271,822 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 73 percent of Americo are found; 73 percent are found in Southern Africa and 73 percent are found in Luso-Southern Africa. Americo is also the 9,415th most commonly used first name in the world, held by 109,045 people.

The last name Americo is most numerous in Mozambique, where it is held by 16,686 people, or 1 in 1,634. Without taking into account Mozambique it exists in 41 countries. It also occurs in Brazil, where 23 percent reside and Angola, where 10 percent reside.

Americo Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Americo are 4.66% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 57.89% registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Americo earn in different countries varies greatly. In Italy they earn 26.16% more than the national average, earning €37,886 per year; in South Africa they earn 29.51% less than the national average, earning R 167,520 per year and in United States they earn 19.98% more than the national average, earning $51,769 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Américo953,689/
Amèrico951/
Americho9339/
Americko933/
Americos932/
Aamerico931/
Amereico931/
Ammerico931/
Americio931/
America866,482/
Amorico86208/
Ameriso8684/
Ameriko8663/
Amirico8617/
Amarico8616/
Emerico866/
Americha8016/
Amerikou8013/
Atmerijo8012/
Amaricoy806/
Amerício801/
Ameridjo801/
Americas801/
Emericko801/
Ameresco801/
Amerika71912/
Amarica7193/
Amerisa7142/
Amereca7133/
Emerica7118/
Amiriko7115/
Omeriko717/
Amereko714/
Amariko713/
Amoriko713/
Amorica713/
Ameriza712/
Omerica711/
América711/
Amirica711/
Amirijoo677/
Amirikho672/
Hamerika671/
Ameeriza671/
Amereaca671/
Amerieka671/
Amaricka671/
Amaricca671/
Amerizad671/

Americo Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Americo in the Marathi language
अमेिरकोameirako-

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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
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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Americo
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