Apanja Surname
Approximately 17 people bear this surname
Apanja Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 16 | 1:2,886,244 | 37,784 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
Apanja Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Apanja Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Apanja is found most in Kenya. It may also occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Apanja click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Apanja? popularity and diffusion
The last name Apanja is the 4,772,636th most commonly used surname internationally, held by around 1 in 428,679,172 people. The last name Apanja is primarily found in Africa, where 94 percent of Apanja live; 94 percent live in East Africa and 65 percent live in Nilo-Saharan Africa.
Apanja is most commonly occurring in Kenya, where it is held by 16 people, or 1 in 2,886,244. In Kenya Apanja is most frequent in: Homa Bay County, where 56 percent reside, Kakamega County, where 25 percent reside and Kisumu County, where 6 percent reside. Not including Kenya this last name is found in one country. It is also found in India, where 6 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apanjau | 92 | 3 | / |
| Apaenja | 92 | 1 | / |
| Aphandja | 86 | 1 | / |
| Apagna | 83 | 52 | / |
| Opanja | 83 | 49 | / |
| Apanza | 83 | 43 | / |
| Apenja | 83 | 30 | / |
| Apanya | 83 | 24 | / |
| Apanji | 83 | 9 | / |
| Apanca | 83 | 8 | / |
| Apansa | 83 | 6 | / |
| Apania | 83 | 5 | / |
| Apanje | 83 | 4 | / |
| Epanja | 83 | 1 | / |
| Hapanijay | 80 | 4 | / |
| Apanzoa | 77 | 205 | / |
| Apandjo | 77 | 62 | / |
| Hapanya | 77 | 39 | / |
| Apanjit | 77 | 21 | / |
| Apansai | 77 | 9 | / |
| Gapanya | 77 | 7 | / |
| Aphania | 77 | 6 | / |
| Apansha | 77 | 4 | / |
| Aspanji | 77 | 3 | / |
| Aspanya | 77 | 2 | / |
| Aphanya | 77 | 1 | / |
| Gapanza | 77 | 1 | / |
| Aspanza | 77 | 1 | / |
| Apannya | 77 | 1 | / |
| Aphaniah | 71 | 10 | / |
| Appaniah | 71 | 3 | / |
| Haspania | 71 | 1 | / |
| Apanco | 67 | 1,530 | / |
| Openja | 67 | 301 | / |
| Apange | 67 | 197 | / |
| Apanyo | 67 | 71 | / |
| Opanya | 67 | 59 | / |
| Opania | 67 | 42 | / |
| Apenjo | 67 | 12 | / |
| Hapanihas | 67 | 6 | / |
| Epania | 67 | 4 | / |
| Oponja | 67 | 3 | / |
| Epenja | 67 | 3 | / |
| Apanye | 67 | 2 | / |
| Opagna | 67 | 2 | / |
| Opanza | 67 | 1 | / |
| Opanji | 67 | 1 | / |
| Eapaña | 67 | 1 | / |
| Apanie | 67 | 1 | / |
| Aponje | 67 | 1 | / |
| Opanje | 67 | 1 | / |
| Apanio | 67 | 1 | / |
| Apatennsa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Apanso | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Apanja
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