Explore the Family Name Amison

The meaning of Amison

English: patronymic from Amis or Ames, meaning ‘son of Amice or Ami’.

Dictionary of American Family Names, 2nd edition, © Oxford University Press, 2022.

How common is the last name Amison in the United States?

Based on the data from the Decennial U.S. Census, the popularity of the surname Amison has seen a significant increase between 2000 and 2010. In 2000, it was ranked 36,917 in popularity and had increased to 32,710 by 2010, marking an improvement of 11.4%. The count of individuals with this surname also rose during this period, from 570 in 2000 to 702 in 2010, indicating a substantial growth of 23.16%. Accordingly, the proportion of people named Amison per 100,000 population expanded from 0.21 to 0.24, showing a rise of 14.29%.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#36,917	#32,710	11.4%
Count	570	702	23.16%
Proportion per 100k	0.21	0.24	14.29%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Amison

When it comes to ethnicity based on the Decennial U.S. Census data, the largest percentage of individuals with the surname Amison identify as Black, with minimal change from 64.56% in 2000 to 64.81% in 2010. White individuals represented the second-largest group, with a slight increase from 29.82% in 2000 to 31.05% in 2010. People identifying as having two or more races made up a small but growing portion, increasing by 35.44% over the decade. Meanwhile, those identifying as Hispanic showed a decline of 37.72%. There were no recorded individuals of Asian/Pacific Islander or American Indian and Alaskan Native ethnicity with the Amison surname in 2010, where previously some Asian/Pacific Islander representation was reported in 2000.

	2000	2010	Change
Black	64.56%	64.81%	0.39%
White	29.82%	31.05%	4.12%
Two or More Races	1.58%	2.14%	35.44%
Hispanic	2.28%	1.42%	-37.72%
Asian/Pacific Islander	1.75%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%