Apanta Surname

3,100,440th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 40 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Suriname

Apanta Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Apanta Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria301:5,904,759145,253
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
India21:383,532,6911,645,216
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
Gambia11:1,923,4511,043
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Suriname11:552,6169,664

Apanta (23) may also be a first name.

Apanta Last Name Facts

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

The surname Apanta (Hindi: अपन्ता, Oriya: ଅପା) occurs in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of Apanta.

How Common Is The Last Name Apanta? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 3,100,440th most frequently used family name at a global level, borne by around 1 in 182,188,648 people. The last name Apanta is predominantly found in Africa, where 80 percent of Apanta are found; 80 percent are found in West Africa and 75 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Apanta is also the 2,239,265th most commonly used first name world-wide, held by 23 people.

The last name is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is carried by 30 people, or 1 in 5,904,759. In Nigeria Apanta is most numerous in: Enugu, where 50 percent live, Abia, where 20 percent live and Benue, where 13 percent live. Not including Nigeria Apanta exists in 7 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 8 percent live and India, where 5 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Aupanta926/
Apantea924/
Apacenta861/
Appeanta861/
Apante83345/
Apanto83200/
Apanti8345/
Aponta837/
Epanta832/
Opanta831/
Haephanta8094/
Apeanti77277/
Aspanti7738/
Gapanto773/
Apontas772/
Apointa771/
Apainto771/
Apântea771/
Epantta771/
Epantha771/
Apontea771/
Aipanthi716/
Hapanthe715/
Ospantai715/
Apanthih711/
Apanthou711/
Aponte67134,141/
Epanto67928/
Opanto67314/
Aponto6735/
Aponti6720/
Apònte672/
Aponty671/
Apainetho671/
Opante671/
Aponté671/

Apanta Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Apanta in the Hindi language
अपन्ताapanta60
अपनताapanata40
Apanta in the Oriya language
ଅପାapa50
ଅପଂତapanta25
ଆପାapa25

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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 Apanta
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