Amberg — Family Name, Records and Arms

The Amberg last name has Danish roots. Smith's 1956 dictionary gives the meaning “dweller on, or near, a large hill or mountain”.

Researching the origin

Landscape names of this kind told neighbours where a family's house stood.

How common is Amberg?

In the 2010 US Census, 1,151 Americans gave Amberg as their last name (rank 22,375). French birth records list 207 children named Amberg between 1891 and 2000. There were 7 such births in the 1890s and 19 in the 1990s.

Heraldry and the Amberg name

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

For the full story, order the Amberg surname pack.