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- 8,438
- people in the U.S. have this name View all people named Amaral
Meaning & Origins
Portuguese: habitational name from any of the numerous minor places called Amaral. The place name is of uncertain etymology, probably from the term amaral, denoting a kind of black grape (from Latin amarus ‘bitter’). Alternatively, the origin may be a collective noun derived from Spanish maro, amaro ‘cat-thyme’ (Latin marum, influenced by Spanish amargo ‘bitter’).
| 3,634th in the U.S. for 2011 |
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- Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 8,438
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- Rhode Island
- has the most people named Amaral per capita
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