Apandu Surname

3,602,217th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 30 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Apandu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Apandu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya101:4,617,99042,693
Uganda71:5,577,040114,218
Indonesia61:22,041,532555,748
Papua New Guinea51:1,630,743129,019
India21:383,532,6911,645,216

Apandu (21) may also be a first name.

Apandu Last Name Facts

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

The surname Apandu is most common in Kenya. It may also appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Apandu? popularity and diffusion

Apandu is the 3,602,217th most prevalent last name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 242,918,197 people. The last name Apandu is primarily found in Africa, where 57 percent of Apandu are found; 57 percent are found in East Africa and 53 percent are found in Nilo-Saharan Africa. Apandu is also the 2,368,944th most widely held first name in the world, borne by 21 people.

The last name Apandu is most commonly held in Kenya, where it is carried by 10 people, or 1 in 4,617,990. In Kenya Apandu is most numerous in: Kisumu County, where 90 percent are found and Homa Bay County, where 10 percent are found. Beside Kenya it is found in 4 countries. It is also common in Uganda, where 23 percent are found and Indonesia, where 20 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Aspandu9211/
Gapandu925/
Appandu923/
Appaindu861/
Epandu83311/
Opandu8327/
Apondu831/
Apasindhu801/
Gopandu771/
Aponduh771/
Apandoo771/
Epondu674/
Opondu672/
Ophondu622/
Opoundou574/

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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 Apandu
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