Where Does the Amann Surname Come From?

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Family name meaning

Clerks wrote Ammann in many ways, and Amann is one that stuck. The family name meaning is “Bailiff”, the same as for Ammann.

Amann drops the “m” of Ammann, a shortening that clerks often made. Before spelling was standardised, one family could appear under several forms. 1,544 people born in France between 1891 and 2000 carried the Amann name at birth. Births ran at 81 in 1891–1900 and 123 in 1991–2000. Spanish statistics put 180 people with Amann in first position and 142 in second.

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