Apapa Surname

449,013th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 758 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
New Caledonia

Apapa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Apapa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria5201:340,65918,499
DR Congo821:900,97060,382
Russia581:2,484,880144,115
India371:20,731,497300,213
Papua New Guinea161:509,60763,542
United States121:30,204,911765,334
England71:7,959,723202,100
Liberia51:881,70733,815
Kazakhstan41:4,420,624134,293
Cameroon21:10,384,534165,830
Argentina21:21,371,707253,176
Azerbaijan21:4,824,56142,415
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887
Tajikistan11:8,386,69212,859
Kyrgyzstan11:5,972,65499,197
Taiwan11:23,444,74693,622
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
New Caledonia11:276,22310,363
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
France11:66,422,722504,397
Belarus11:9,501,059159,228
Australia11:26,995,701270,794

Apapa (557) may also be a first name.

Apapa Last Name Facts

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

Apapa (Marathi: आपपा, Oriya: ଆପପା, Russian: Апапа) occurs most in Nigeria. It can also occur as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of Apapa.

How Common Is The Last Name Apapa? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 449,013th most commonly held last name internationally It is held by around 1 in 9,614,177 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 80 percent of Apapa reside; 69 percent reside in West Africa and 69 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Apapa is also the 356,380th most commonly held first name globally, held by 557 people.

The surname Apapa is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is carried by 520 people, or 1 in 340,659. In Nigeria it is most numerous in: Rivers, where 34 percent are found, Oyo, where 25 percent are found and Bayelsa, where 10 percent are found. Not including Nigeria this last name occurs in 22 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 11 percent are found and Russia, where 8 percent are found.

Apapa Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the surname is chiefly Catholic (60%) in Russia.

Apapa earn more than double the average income. In United States they earn 181.49% more than the national average, earning $121,458 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Hapapa91306/
Apaapa9179/
Gapapa9174/
Apapap9140/
Aupapa9111/
Apapat914/
Appapa913/
Aipapa913/
Adpapa911/
Apapah911/
Apapas911/
Haupapa8324/
Apeapea8319/
Apaipat8313/
Gaipapa8312/
Aapapai831/
Appappa831/
Gappapa831/
Gapaapa831/
Gapapha831/
Apaspat831/
Apaypat831/
Apaipai831/
Epapa801,025/
Opapa80283/
Apape80188/
Apapi80117/
Apapy8027/
Apopa8025/
Apapo8019/
Apepa8019/
Aphaphat7732/
Aipapaya774/
Aupaphat772/
Gaipaipa771/
Hahapapa771/
Apaipaya771/
Hapapi7319/
Epappa7312/
Hapepa734/
Oppapa734/
Epapaa734/
Epaepa733/
Apoupa733/
Apaipo732/
Hepapa731/
Opapai731/
Epapah731/
Epapai731/
Apeape731/
Apapet731/
Apopah731/
Appapo731/
Apapis731/
Hapapo731/
Oupapa731/
Hapapy731/
Aphaiphat7117/
Houpapa6792/
Haipapi678/
Auphaiphat671/
Ahapopa671/
Ouppapa671/
Oupapai671/
Apoupah671/
Apapeet671/
Gopappa671/
Hapapit671/
Gapapiy671/

Apapa Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Apapa in the Marathi language
आपपाapapa90.91
अपापाapapa9.09
Apapa in the Oriya language
ଆପପାapapa50
ଆପାପାapapa50
Apapa in the Russian language
Апапаapapa-

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Footnotes

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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Apapa
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