Americus Surname

2,312,869th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 68 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Israel

Americus Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Americus Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States471:7,711,892346,147
Mexico131:9,548,17038,962
Israel71:1,222,51968,299
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States331:1,521,77881,120

Americus (218) may also be a first name.

Americus Last Name Facts

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

The surname Americus is more frequently found in The United States than any other country or territory. It can also be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Americus? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 2,312,869th most frequent surname globally. It is borne by around 1 in 107,169,793 people. The last name occurs mostly in The Americas, where 57 percent of Americus live; 56 percent live in North America and 37 percent live in Anglo-North America. Americus is also the 611,412th most frequently held given name internationally It is held by 218 people.

This last name is most commonly held in The United States, where it is held by 47 people, or 1 in 7,711,892. In The United States it is most numerous in: Wisconsin, where 15 percent are found, New Jersey, where 9 percent are found and Alaska, where 6 percent are found. Not including The United States it exists in 3 countries. It is also found in Mexico, where 19 percent are found and Israel, where 10 percent are found.

Americus Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Americus has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Americus surname increased 142 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Americus Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Americus surname are 5.59% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 58.82% being registered to vote for the political party.

Americus earn a lot more than the average income. In United States they earn 48.36% more than the national average, earning $64,014 USD per year.

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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 Americus
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