Apaye Surname
Approximately 124 people bear this surname
Apaye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 42 | 1:929,507 | 41,540 |
| DR Congo | 27 | 1:2,736,280 | 122,818 |
| Nigeria | 23 | 1:7,701,859 | 170,290 |
| Papua New Guinea | 17 | 1:479,630 | 60,627 |
| Cameroon | 12 | 1:1,730,756 | 92,157 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Apaye (76) may also be a first name.
Apaye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Apaye Come From? nationality or country of origin
Apaye occurs more in Uganda more than any other country/territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Apaye? popularity and diffusion
Apaye is the 1,620,164th most common surname at a global level, held by around 1 in 58,770,532 people. The last name Apaye occurs mostly in Africa, where 85 percent of Apaye reside; 34 percent reside in East Africa and 32 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. Apaye is also the 1,107,702nd most frequently held given name worldwide, held by 76 people.
It is most frequent in Uganda, where it is borne by 42 people, or 1 in 929,507. In Uganda Apaye is most frequent in: Tororo District, where 81 percent are found, Bugiri District, where 2 percent are found and Butaleja District, where 2 percent are found. Aside from Uganda this surname exists in 7 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 22 percent are found and Nigeria, where 19 percent are found.
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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 Apaye
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