Aponte Surname

4,190th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 134,141 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Venezuela
Highest density in:
Puerto Rico

Aponte Surname Definition:

Dweller by the bridge.

Galician name from near La Coruña. From Nuño Gil de Aponte, brave captain of don Alfonso II.

Aponte Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Venezuela52,6301:574114
United States16,6091:21,8232,745
Colombia16,6071:2,877511
Puerto Rico12,0731:29470
Peru10,8791:2,922486
Bolivia5,4981:1,931357
Dominican Republic4,2681:2,444337
Mexico4,2461:29,2341,910
Paraguay2,5941:2,790335
Ecuador2,3761:6,6941,096
Argentina1,6481:25,9372,190
Spain1,5591:29,9883,053
Panama7591:5,154583
Cuba6041:19,0771,228
Philippines5531:183,07129,388
Brazil3441:622,30923,116
Italy2861:213,83530,223
France1241:535,66773,425
Costa Rica1221:39,1811,002
Canada591:624,50251,218
Chile491:359,5209,978
Aruba281:3,696529
Germany241:3,354,394150,996
Australia221:1,227,07766,405
England211:2,653,24194,788
United States Virgin Islands171:6,493987
Ireland141:336,35312,021
Switzerland131:631,76343,230
Sweden121:820,56361,223
Thailand111:6,421,668407,040
Belgium101:1,149,66482,403
Iceland91:42,2322,922
New Zealand81:566,04034,598
Japan61:21,307,38248,838
Russia51:28,824,611530,332
Guatemala51:3,216,5347,141
Kuwait41:950,17418,811
Vanuatu41:65,8191,151
China41:341,830,39216,990
United Arab Emirates31:3,054,09190,853
South Africa21:27,088,852277,613
Uruguay21:1,715,87935,955
Poland21:19,004,374199,659
Austria21:4,257,71899,224
Turkey21:38,910,711171,901
Denmark21:2,822,35876,882
Zambia11:15,849,92253,989
Trinidad and Tobago11:1,363,97522,013
Slovakia11:5,336,450140,422
Senegal11:14,579,34211,705
Samoa11:193,8081,089
Iraq11:35,021,65431,813
Curaçao11:157,2471,313
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
El Salvador11:6,343,8888,415
Georgia11:3,745,54547,852
Greenland11:56,3791,133
Honduras11:8,816,4429,272
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288
Saint Barthelemy11:9,614134
Mozambique11:27,261,5697,432
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Nicaragua11:6,021,0908,768
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048
Romania11:20,077,87089,414

The alternate forms: Apònte (2) & Aponté (1) are calculated separately.

Aponte (124) may also be a first name.

Aponte Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

Dweller by the bridge.

Galician name from near La Coruña. From Nuño Gil de Aponte, brave captain of don Alfonso II.

Spanish Surnames In The Southwestern United States (1978) by Richard Donovon Woods

Aponte Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Aponte Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Aponte (Arabic: ابونتي, Russian: Апонте) is found most frequently in Venezuela. It can be found in the variant forms: Apònte or Aponté. Click here for other possible spellings of Aponte.

How Common Is The Last Name Aponte? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 4,190th most commonly held family name internationally It is held by around 1 in 54,328 people. The last name Aponte is primarily found in The Americas, where 98 percent of Aponte live; 69 percent live in South America and 51 percent live in Caribbean South America. Aponte is also the 836,439th most prevalent first name internationally, borne by 124 people.

The surname Aponte is most frequent in Venezuela, where it is borne by 52,630 people, or 1 in 574. In Venezuela Aponte is mostly found in: Miranda, where 17 percent live, Aragua, where 14 percent live and Carabobo, where 14 percent live. Besides Venezuela this surname is found in 67 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 12 percent live and Colombia, where 12 percent live.

Aponte Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Aponte are 41.55% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 94.78% being registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Aponte earn in different countries varies greatly. In Italy they earn 81.85% more than the national average, earning €54,611 per year; in Peru they earn 17.54% less than the national average, earning S/. 15,984 per year; in Colombia they earn 15.56% more than the national average, earning $26,234,500 COP per year; in United States they earn 14.75% less than the national average, earning $36,783 USD per year and in Canada they earn 0.54% more than the national average, earning $49,952 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Apònte942/
Aponté941/
Apontes92425/
Apointe9214/
Apponte9211/
Apontte925/
Aponteu921/
Aponnte921/
Apontea921/
Apont9120/
D'Aponte86739/
Apunte831,777/
Aupont83436/
Apante83345/
Aponti8320/
Apomte8311/
Aponta837/
Oponte834/
Apontz832/
Apontt831/
Apoint831/
Apùnte831/
Aponty831/
Appointed80102/
Apuntes77384/
Auspont7754/
Aupoint777/
Ophonte774/
Apantea774/
Apontti774/
Apponti772/
Apântea771/
Apântei771/
Appoint771/
Gapfont771/
Auponnt771/
Apointa771/
Opont73974/
Apond735/
Apant733/
Hapanthe715/
D'Aponti711/
Aphonthip67111/
Apanti6745/
Apanta6740/
Epante6726/
Gapant674/
Apunti672/
Oppont671/
Opante671/
Oponti671/
Aupond671/
Aipant671/

Aponte Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Aponte in the Russian language
Апонтеaponte-
Aponte in the Arabic language
ابونتيabwnty-

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Aponte Reference & Research

Aponte DNA Website - A web page dedicated to the genetic research of those who bear the surname and its variants.

Aponte FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.

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Footnotes

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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Aponte
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