Apa Surname
Approximately 18,448 people bear this surname
Apa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 4,968 | 1:1,641 | 58 |
| Philippines | 3,705 | 1:27,325 | 3,787 |
| Bangladesh | 3,064 | 1:52,009 | 2,816 |
| India | 1,401 | 1:547,513 | 26,984 |
| Turkey | 1,378 | 1:56,474 | 5,491 |
| United States | 575 | 1:630,363 | 50,838 |
| Indonesia | 571 | 1:231,610 | 21,447 |
| Nigeria | 537 | 1:329,875 | 18,040 |
| Italy | 385 | 1:158,849 | 24,514 |
| Cameroon | 350 | 1:59,340 | 7,638 |
| Argentina | 302 | 1:141,534 | 11,975 |
| Canada | 198 | 1:186,089 | 18,399 |
| DR Congo | 150 | 1:492,530 | 39,325 |
| Romania | 118 | 1:170,151 | 17,581 |
| Malaysia | 116 | 1:254,261 | 14,332 |
| French Polynesia | 68 | 1:4,129 | 932 |
| Uruguay | 67 | 1:51,220 | 5,686 |
| Brazil | 53 | 1:4,039,138 | 109,837 |
| Solomon Islands | 46 | 1:12,609 | 2,306 |
| England | 45 | 1:1,238,179 | 56,985 |
| Thailand | 37 | 1:1,909,144 | 231,790 |
| Belgium | 27 | 1:425,802 | 43,971 |
| New Zealand | 26 | 1:174,166 | 18,836 |
| Poland | 21 | 1:1,809,940 | 93,678 |
| Spain | 19 | 1:2,460,633 | 58,585 |
| Ivory Coast | 16 | 1:1,441,952 | 30,506 |
| Taiwan | 14 | 1:1,674,625 | 11,030 |
| Singapore | 13 | 1:423,669 | 18,211 |
| Uganda | 13 | 1:3,003,021 | 81,551 |
| United Arab Emirates | 12 | 1:763,523 | 25,625 |
| Australia | 10 | 1:2,699,570 | 109,631 |
| Hong Kong | 9 | 1:815,054 | 3,802 |
| Mexico | 9 | 1:13,791,801 | 45,470 |
| Cuba | 9 | 1:1,280,302 | 7,343 |
| Peru | 7 | 1:4,540,589 | 34,489 |
| American Samoa | 6 | 1:9,293 | 1,961 |
| Qatar | 6 | 1:393,000 | 55,922 |
| France | 5 | 1:13,284,544 | 357,392 |
| Pakistan | 5 | 1:35,728,777 | 102,388 |
| Colombia | 5 | 1:9,554,814 | 25,159 |
| Hungary | 5 | 1:1,963,255 | 61,562 |
| Iran | 4 | 1:19,195,631 | 219,601 |
| Croatia | 4 | 1:1,057,151 | 57,892 |
| Kuwait | 4 | 1:950,174 | 18,811 |
| China | 4 | 1:341,830,392 | 16,990 |
| Switzerland | 4 | 1:2,053,229 | 97,179 |
| Saudi Arabia | 4 | 1:7,713,954 | 37,548 |
| Slovakia | 3 | 1:1,778,817 | 104,392 |
| Chile | 3 | 1:5,872,158 | 52,204 |
| Netherlands | 3 | 1:5,629,059 | 132,535 |
| Sweden | 3 | 1:3,282,252 | 190,759 |
| Venezuela | 3 | 1:10,068,026 | 60,591 |
| Denmark | 3 | 1:1,881,572 | 67,227 |
| Afghanistan | 2 | 1:16,076,592 | 43,178 |
| Tanzania | 2 | 1:26,470,806 | 111,653 |
| Benin | 2 | 1:5,167,801 | 84,334 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| South Sudan | 1 | 1:11,415,076 | 3,182 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Sri Lanka | 1 | 1:20,808,560 | 18,521 |
| Tajikistan | 1 | 1:8,386,692 | 12,859 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Northern Ireland | 1 | 1:1,845,036 | 20,648 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Bhutan | 1 | 1:616,039 | 1,715 |
| Bolivia | 1 | 1:10,616,434 | 17,077 |
| Brunei | 1 | 1:418,731 | 3,893 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| El Salvador | 1 | 1:6,343,888 | 8,415 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Serbia | 1 | 1:7,144,948 | 38,459 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Guatemala | 1 | 1:16,082,668 | 12,169 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Oman | 1 | 1:3,687,971 | 14,390 |
| Paraguay | 1 | 1:7,236,746 | 16,511 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Samoa | 1 | 1:193,808 | 1,089 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
The alternate forms: Apá (2) & Àpa (1) are calculated separately.
Apa (74,174) may also be a first name.
Apa Demographics
Average Male Apa Height
175.32 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Apa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Apa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Apa (Bengali: অপা, Hindi: आपा, Marathi: अपा, Oriya: ଆପା, Tibetan: ཨ་པ་) has its highest incidence in Papua New Guinea. It may also be found as: Apá or Àpa. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Apa? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 29,087th most prevalent surname on earth It is held by around 1 in 395,032 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 55 percent of Apa reside; 28 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 27 percent reside in Papuan Oceania. Apa is also the 13,204th most prevalent given name on earth, borne by 74,174 people.
Apa is most frequent in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 4,968 people, or 1 in 1,641. In Papua New Guinea Apa is most frequent in: Chimbu, where 44 percent live, Jiwaka, where 11 percent live and Western Highlands, where 10 percent live. Apart from Papua New Guinea this surname occurs in 83 countries. It also occurs in The Philippines, where 20 percent live and Bangladesh, where 17 percent live.
Apa Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Apa last name are 12.25% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 59.02% registered with the political party.
The amount Apa earn in different countries varies notably. In Italy they earn 19.73% more than the national average, earning €35,956 per year; in United States they earn 15.64% more than the national average, earning $49,898 USD per year and in Canada they earn 31.53% more than the national average, earning $65,350 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Apa Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Apa in the Tibetan language | ||
| ཨ་པ་ | apa | - |
| Apa in the Bengali language | ||
| অপা | apa | - |
| Apa in the Marathi language | ||
| अपा | apa | 80.65 |
| आपा | apa | 19.35 |
| Apa in the Oriya language | ||
| ଆପା | apa | 68.44 |
| ଅପା | apa | 20.89 |
| ଅପ | apa | 6.22 |
| ଅପାାଇଁ | apaa'im | 2.22 |
| Apa in the Hindi language | ||
| आपा | apa | 50.3 |
| थापा | thapa | 25.45 |
| अपा | apa | 22.42 |
| ापा | apa | 1.21 |
| अपा॰ | apa | 0.61 |
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Apa
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