Amerson Surname

77,304th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 6,328 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States

Amerson Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Amery' or 'Emery,' which see, common to both sexes. Other variants were Americ, Almeric, and Almaric It was decidedly popular. In the Italian dress of Amerigo it gave title to the great western continent.

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Amerson Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States6,2891:57,6346,840
India61:127,844,230863,365
Indonesia61:22,041,532555,748
Philippines41:25,309,556279,062
Canada31:12,281,864364,614
Russia31:48,041,019639,186
Brazil31:71,358,111770,017
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
France11:66,422,722504,397
England11:55,718,059489,080
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England151:1,625,02553,310
Scotland11:3,743,21632,299
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States4541:110,61411,006

Amerson (651) may also be a first name.

Amerson Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Amery' or 'Emery,' which see, common to both sexes. Other variants were Americ, Almeric, and Almaric It was decidedly popular. In the Italian dress of Amerigo it gave title to the great western continent. The United States has restored the feminine form in America, not an uncommon font-name for girls. I see in the Boston Directory, 'America Anderson, widow.' However strangely this may read, it was a common girl's name six centuries ago.

Roger Ammary, Bedfordshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.

Americus Balistarius. Rotuli Litterarum Clausarum in Turri Londinesi.

Johannes fil. Americ, 1379: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.

Altnaricus le Botiller. Calendarium Inquisitionum Post Mortem.

Amery Martin, widow, 1584: Reg. St. Peter's, Cornhill.

1779. Married — William Ricks and Hannah Ammery: St. George, Hanover Square.

1781. — Charles Wadlow and Elisabeth Amory: ibid.

A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames (1896) by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley

(German.) Always rich, able, and powerful, from the old German Emerich or Immer—reich, always rich.

An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names (1857) by William Arthur

Amerson Last Name Facts

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

The surname Amerson (Marathi: अमरसन, Russian: Амерсон) is found most frequently in The United States. It can also be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Amerson click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Amerson? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 77,304th most commonly used family name worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 1,151,635 people. The surname Amerson is mostly found in The Americas, where 99 percent of Amerson are found; 99 percent are found in North America and 99 percent are found in Anglo-North America. It is also the 325,541st most widely held first name at a global level, held by 651 people.

This surname is most frequently held in The United States, where it is held by 6,289 people, or 1 in 57,634. In The United States it is most numerous in: Georgia, where 22 percent reside, Texas, where 10 percent reside and Alabama, where 8 percent reside. Besides The United States Amerson is found in 19 countries. It is also common in India, where 0 percent reside and Indonesia, where 0 percent reside.

Amerson Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Amerson has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Amerson surname expanded 1,385 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it fell 93 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Amerson Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Amerson last name are 14.04% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 60.81% registered with the political party.

Amerson earn somewhat less than the average income. In United States they earn 8.67% less than the national average, earning $39,409 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Amerson Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Amerson in the Marathi language
अमरसनamarasana50
अमरेसोनamaresona50
Amerson in the Russian language
Амерсонamerson-

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