Apah Surname
Approximately 3,033 people bear this surname
Apah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 1,864 | 1:11,142 | 1,496 |
| Nigeria | 1,007 | 1:175,911 | 10,861 |
| Indonesia | 94 | 1:1,406,906 | 96,143 |
| Philippines | 23 | 1:4,401,662 | 162,661 |
| Papua New Guinea | 16 | 1:509,607 | 63,542 |
| South Africa | 13 | 1:4,167,516 | 132,322 |
| Malaysia | 7 | 1:4,213,461 | 150,293 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| Ivory Coast | 2 | 1:11,535,616 | 61,806 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
Apah (743) may also be a first name.
Apah Demographics
Average Apah Salary in
South Africa
R 21,708
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Apah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Apah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Apah is found in Cameroon more than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Apah? popularity and diffusion
Apah is the 146,234th most numerous family name on earth, borne by around 1 in 2,402,752 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 95 percent of Apah reside; 61 percent reside in Central Africa and 59 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. Apah is also the 301,729th most numerous given name internationally, borne by 743 people.
It is most commonly used in Cameroon, where it is held by 1,864 people, or 1 in 11,142. In Cameroon it is mostly found in: Southwest Region, where 82 percent live, Northwest Region, where 9 percent live and East Region, where 6 percent live. Not including Cameroon this last name is found in 11 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 33 percent live and Indonesia, where 3 percent live.
Apah Last Name Statistics demography
Apah earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 90.87% less than the national average, earning R 21,708 per year.
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Apah
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