Apeja Surname
Approximately 245 people bear this surname
Apeja Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 241 | 1:735,032 | 33,525 |
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
Apeja (21) may also be a first name.
Apeja Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Apeja Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Apeja occurs in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Apeja? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,028,911th most widespread surname on a global scale, held by around 1 in 29,745,085 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 98 percent of Apeja reside; 98 percent reside in West Africa and 98 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,368,944th most frequently occurring given name worldwide. It is borne by 21 people.
This last name is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is held by 241 people, or 1 in 735,032. In Nigeria Apeja is most prevalent in: Enugu, where 76 percent live, Lagos, where 9 percent live and Ondo, where 6 percent live. Excluding Nigeria it exists in 2 countries. It is also found in India, where 1 percent live and Canada, where 0 percent live.
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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 Apeja
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