Apetu Surname
Approximately 709 people bear this surname
Apetu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ghana | 346 | 1:78,094 | 7,799 |
| Nigeria | 250 | 1:708,571 | 32,605 |
| Uganda | 110 | 1:354,903 | 23,197 |
| Papua New Guinea | 2 | 1:4,076,858 | 165,791 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Apetu (12) may also be a first name.
Apetu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Apetu Come From? nationality or country of origin
Apetu is found in Ghana more than any other country/territory. It may also appear as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Apetu? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 472,684th most common family name at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 10,278,626 people. Apetu is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Apetu reside; 84 percent reside in West Africa and 84 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Apetu is also the 3,306,491st most frequent given name world-wide, borne by 12 people.
Apetu is most commonly held in Ghana, where it is borne by 346 people, or 1 in 78,094. Beside Ghana it exists in 4 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 35 percent are found and Uganda, where 16 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apeatu | 91 | 567 | / |
| Apietu | 91 | 368 | / |
| Apetou | 91 | 10 | / |
| Apetau | 91 | 2 | / |
| Aphetu | 91 | 1 | / |
| Appietu | 83 | 701 | / |
| Apeitou | 83 | 33 | / |
| Appetou | 83 | 9 | / |
| Appeatu | 83 | 7 | / |
| Apatu | 80 | 812 | / |
| Opetu | 80 | 707 | / |
| Epetu | 80 | 52 | / |
| Apotu | 80 | 41 | / |
| Apitu | 80 | 16 | / |
| Epietu | 73 | 41 | / |
| Opoetu | 73 | 38 | / |
| Hapitu | 73 | 16 | / |
| Opetau | 73 | 11 | / |
| Opietu | 73 | 9 | / |
| Apathu | 73 | 9 | / |
| Hapatu | 73 | 8 | / |
| Aipitu | 73 | 5 | / |
| Epettu | 73 | 1 | / |
| Epeutu | 73 | 1 | / |
| Epetau | 73 | 1 | / |
| Apaitu | 73 | 1 | / |
| Apattu | 73 | 1 | / |
| Apothu | 73 | 1 | / |
| Appatu | 73 | 1 | / |
| Apuitau | 67 | 12 | / |
| Aphattu | 67 | 4 | / |
| Opetush | 67 | 3 | / |
| Apeitoo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Aphitou | 67 | 1 | / |
| Haipitu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Hapaytu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Appattu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Apithou | 67 | 1 | / |
| Opeatut | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Apetu
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis