Ament Coat of Arms, Crest and Name Facts

Sharing the Ament name is not the same as sharing a crest; arms were granted to individual families.

How common is Ament?

Official name counts are where our Ament file begins. Wikidata records Ament as a German family name.

The meaning of Ament is not given in the reference works we use for these short pages; a full report traces it from your own family's records. A family Bible, a parish register or an emigration record often gives the first firm date for an Ament ancestor. The 2010 US Census counted 2,330 people named Ament, ranking it number 13,138 among American surnames.

Want more than a summary? See the Ament family name pack.