Aymes Surname
Approximately 1,080 people bear this surname
Aymes Surname Definition:
This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Amys,' or 'the son of Amy,' with the patronymic 5. 'Amye, Amy, propre name: Amia': Promptorium Parvulorum The origin is the same. But Amice or Amys seems to have become the popular English form of the Old French Aimee, just as Piers or Pearce came to represent the Old French Pierre.
Read More About This SurnameAymes Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| France | 782 | 1:84,940 | 12,076 |
| United States | 86 | 1:4,214,639 | 225,501 |
| England | 75 | 1:742,907 | 41,196 |
| Mexico | 62 | 1:2,002,036 | 18,805 |
| Brazil | 23 | 1:9,307,580 | 200,052 |
| New Zealand | 16 | 1:283,020 | 24,643 |
| Argentina | 14 | 1:3,053,101 | 127,728 |
| Australia | 4 | 1:6,748,925 | 181,100 |
| Barbados | 3 | 1:95,816 | 1,797 |
| Canada | 2 | 1:18,422,796 | 409,488 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
| Austria | 2 | 1:4,257,718 | 99,224 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 55 | 1:443,189 | 25,511 |
| Scotland | 3 | 1:1,247,739 | 24,719 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 7 | 1:7,174,098 | 302,835 |
Aymes (16) may also be a first name.
Aymes Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Amys,' or 'the son of Amy,' with the patronymic 5. 'Amye, Amy, propre name: Amia': Promptorium Parvulorum The origin is the same. But Amice or Amys seems to have become the popular English form of the Old French Aimee, just as Piers or Pearce came to represent the Old French Pierre. Perhaps the Latinized forms had something to do with it. The two first entries occur close together, and probably refer to the same individual.
William fil. Amye, Lincolnshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.
William fil. Amice, Lincolnshire, ibid.
Adam Amys, Cambridgeshire, ibid.
Robert Amys, Cambridgeshire, ibid.
Amice le Noble, Huntingdonshire, ibid.
Hugh fil. Amicie, Lincolnshire, ibid.
Alice fil. Amicie, Surrey, ibid.
John Amice, Oxfordshire, ibid.
Amia, Amicia, Amise, and Amisius all occur as personal names without surnames in the Hundred Rolls, 1273.
Amis de Selves, Kent, Henry III— Edward I: Testa de Nevill, sive Liber Feodorum, temp. Henry III-Edward I.
Amia de Rydeford, Lincolnshire, ibid.
The form Amiss in the London Directory is met by the entry:
'Gregory Amys, or Amisse, sup. for B.A., July 12. 1525': Register of the University of Oxford.
Also: 1766. Thomas Amiss and Eleanor Cadman: St. George, Hanover Square.
In the United States the form is all but invariably Ames. Amice or Ames continued as a girl's fontal name till the 16th century.
1540. Buried — Ameis Austin, Mr. Smith's maid: St. Antholin (London).
The family of Ames in the Register of St. Dionis Backchurch is found as Amyes.), 1576; Ames and Ammes (p. 130), 1690; and Amis (p. 22), 1627. In the Register of St. Michael, Cornhill, the name is often found as Aymes:Stolen from Fore bears
1603. Baptised — Daniel, son of George Aymes:.
= Ames, q.v.
A corrupt spelling, though still retaining the sound, of Exmes, a town in the department of Orne, in Normandy.
(French.) From Amie, a friend, beloved; or if from the Hebrew Amos, a burden. Some think it is a. contraction of Ambrose (winch see). Amesbury in England was originally Ambrosebury.
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Aymes Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Aymes Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Aymes is carried by more people in France than any other country/territory. It can be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Aymes? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 340,354th most widely held surname worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 6,747,728 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 80 percent of Aymes reside; 73 percent reside in Western Europe and 72 percent reside in Gallo-Europe. It is also the 2,786,762nd most frequently held first name globally It is held by 16 people.
The last name is most commonly used in France, where it is carried by 782 people, or 1 in 84,940. In France it is most frequent in: Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, where 35 percent live, Occitanie, where 33 percent live and Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, where 13 percent live. Besides France this last name exists in 20 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 8 percent live and England, where 7 percent live.
Aymes Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Aymes has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname grew 1,229 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it grew 136 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Aymes Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States Aymes are 42.22% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 95.45% registered to vote for the party.
Aymes earn a lot more than the average income. In United States they earn 35.33% more than the national average, earning $58,394 USD per year.
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