Apam Surname
Approximately 2,737 people bear this surname
Apam Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ghana | 1,732 | 1:15,601 | 2,007 |
| Nigeria | 523 | 1:338,705 | 18,408 |
| Papua New Guinea | 197 | 1:41,389 | 5,043 |
| Indonesia | 92 | 1:1,437,491 | 97,733 |
| Mexico | 88 | 1:1,410,525 | 15,733 |
| India | 42 | 1:18,263,461 | 278,402 |
| Malaysia | 38 | 1:776,164 | 36,096 |
| Cameroon | 10 | 1:2,076,907 | 105,188 |
| Philippines | 4 | 1:25,309,556 | 279,062 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
Apam (1,144) may also be a first name.
Apam Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Apam Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Apam (Hindi: आपम, Marathi: आपम, Russian: Апам, Tibetan: ཨ་པན་) is found most in Ghana. It may appear as:. For other potential spellings of Apam click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Apam? popularity and diffusion
The surname Apam is the 159,439th most commonly held surname in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 2,662,604 people. Apam occurs predominantly in Africa, where 83 percent of Apam are found; 83 percent are found in West Africa and 82 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Apam is also the 235,318th most widespread forename globally, borne by 1,144 people.
This surname is most numerous in Ghana, where it is held by 1,732 people, or 1 in 15,601. Apart from Ghana this last name exists in 16 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 19 percent reside and Papua New Guinea, where 7 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Apam Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Apam in the Tibetan language | ||
| ཨ་པན་ | apen | - |
| Apam in the Hindi language | ||
| आपम | apama | - |
| Apam in the Marathi language | ||
| आपम | apama | - |
| Apam in the Russian language | ||
| Апам | apam | - |
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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 Apam
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