Apenya Surname
Approximately 27 people bear this surname
Apenya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 17 | 1:2,296,428 | 70,019 |
| England | 6 | 1:9,286,343 | 223,652 |
| Ghana | 4 | 1:6,755,173 | 15,406 |
Apenya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Apenya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Apenya occurs most in Uganda. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Apenya? popularity and diffusion
Apenya is the 3,798,600th most numerous last name on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 269,909,108 people. Apenya occurs predominantly in Africa, where 78 percent of Apenya are found; 63 percent are found in East Africa and 37 percent are found in Nilo-Saharan Africa.
The surname is most widespread in Uganda, where it is held by 17 people, or 1 in 2,296,428. In Uganda Apenya is mostly concentrated in: Amuru District, where 12 percent are found, Kampala District, where 12 percent are found and Kitgum District, where 12 percent are found. Outside of Uganda this last name is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in England, where 22 percent are found and Ghana, where 15 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 Apenya
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