Apaw Surname

349,967th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,043 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Ghana
Highest density in:
Ghana

Apaw Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Apaw Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ghana9701:27,8563,309
Malaysia291:1,017,04245,504
England171:3,277,533109,658
Philippines81:12,654,778228,986
United States81:45,307,367917,113
India61:127,844,230863,365
Belgium21:5,748,322130,559
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887

Apaw (112) may also be a first name.

Apaw Last Name Facts

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

Apaw is more frequently found in Ghana than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Apaw? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 349,967th most frequent surname throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 6,987,101 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 93 percent of Apaw live; 93 percent live in West Africa and 93 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Apaw is also the 885,979th most prevalent forename throughout the world, held by 112 people.

The last name Apaw is most prevalent in Ghana, where it is borne by 970 people, or 1 in 27,856. Apart from Ghana this surname is found in 9 countries. It is also common in Malaysia, where 3 percent live and England, where 2 percent live.

Apaw Last Name Statistics demography

Apaw earn more than fifty percent more than the average income. In United States they earn 78.98% more than the national average, earning $77,229 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Appaw89846/
Apawe8942/
Gapaw891/
Aipawe8038/
Ashpaw8021/
Aphawe805/
Hapawe801/
Appawh801/
Appauw801/
Apav751,701/
Opaw7534/
Apow7516/
Epaw755/
Apaf754/
Ahapawe731/
Hashpaw730/
Apowe67108/
Apouw6786/
Opawe6733/
Appow6727/
Apowa6726/
Apova6717/
Apaff679/
Apaav677/
Appav674/
Ehpaw671/
Apaph671/
Apaiv671/
Hapab671/
Apeav671/
Aphow671/
Apaub671/
Gapow671/
Hepaw671/

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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 Apaw
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