Apav Surname

236,297th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,701 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Apav Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Apav Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria1,6791:105,5057,085
Papua New Guinea171:479,63060,627
Portugal41:2,604,56016,079
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Apav (364) may also be a first name.

Apav Last Name Facts

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

The surname Apav (Marathi: आपाव, Russian: Апав) has its highest incidence in Nigeria. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Apav? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 236,297th most frequently occurring surname throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 4,284,272 people. Apav occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Apav live; 99 percent live in West Africa and 99 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 456,229th most commonly used given name world-wide. It is borne by 364 people.

The surname Apav is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is borne by 1,679 people, or 1 in 105,505. In Nigeria it is most numerous in: Benue, where 91 percent are found, Nasarawa, where 2 percent are found and Federal Capital Territory, where 2 percent are found. Excluding Nigeria it is found in 3 countries. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 1 percent are found and Portugal, where 0 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Apaev89849/
Apaav897/
Appav894/
Apaiv891/
Apeav891/
Appaev80222/
Aupaev8019/
Hapaev805/
Aypaev803/
Apev751,690/
Apap751,133/
Apaw751,043/
Apov7537/
Apaf754/
Opav752/
Apapova733/
Happaev732/
Auppaev731/
Aitpaiv731/
Appaw67846/
Aipov67612/
Apaap67435/
Apape67188/
Gapov67179/
Aspov67175/
Appap6779/
Aupov6751/
Apeev6744/
Apuov6736/
Opaev6735/
Apowa6726/
Aypov6725/
Hapov6720/
Apova6717/
Appov6711/
Hapap6710/
Apaff679/
Epaev679/
Gapap678/
Apeap677/
Hapev673/
Apoev673/
Epaiv673/
Gopav672/
Apaub671/
Hapab671/
Apaph671/
Apaef671/
Gapaw671/

Apav Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Apav in the Marathi language
आपावapava-
Apav in the Russian language
Апавapav-

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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 Apav
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