Amor Family History
Amor Name Meaning
Spanish and Portuguese: from Spanish and Portuguese amor
‘love’, used to denote an illegitimate child, also as a nickname for a
philanderer.Spanish, Portuguese, and English: from the medieval
personal name Amor (Latin amor ‘love’), which was
popular in Spain, Italy, and France, and introduced into England by
the Normans. There was a St. Amor, of obscure history and unknown
date, whose relics were preserved and venerated at the village of
St. Amour in Burgundy.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Amor
Name Distribution of Amor Families
MAP:
United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Amor families
 9 - 15  4 - 8 |
 1 - 3  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Amor families
|
101 - 199 34 - 100 |
1 - 33 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Amor families
|
2 - 1 2 - 1 |
1 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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Amor Family Origin
Amor Immigration Information
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Average Life Expectancy for Amor
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Amor Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
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