Apaniya Surname

4,427,875th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 20 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Apaniya Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Apaniya Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria181:9,841,264197,192
India21:383,532,6911,645,216

Apaniya (32) may also be a first name.

Apaniya Last Name Facts

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

The last name Apaniya occurs most in Nigeria. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Apaniya? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 4,427,875th most numerous surname globally, borne by approximately 1 in 364,377,296 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 90 percent of Apaniya live; 90 percent live in West Africa and 90 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Apaniya is also the 1,840,253rd most numerous first name worldwide, held by 32 people.

The last name Apaniya is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is held by 18 people, or 1 in 9,841,264. In Nigeria it is mostly concentrated in: Ekiti, where 89 percent live and Lagos, where 11 percent live. Barring Nigeria this surname exists in one country. It also occurs in India, where 10 percent live.

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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 Apaniya
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