Apewa Surname

2,555,468th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 57 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Apewa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Apewa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria361:4,920,632129,434
Papua New Guinea101:815,37288,623
Indonesia91:14,694,355460,137
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887

Apewa Last Name Facts

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

The surname Apewa is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can appear as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Apewa? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 2,555,468th most commonly occurring last name internationally, held by approximately 1 in 127,851,683 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 67 percent of Apewa live; 63 percent live in West Africa and 63 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

The surname is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 36 people, or 1 in 4,920,632. In Nigeria Apewa is most numerous in: Osun, where 53 percent reside, Federal Capital Territory, where 14 percent reside and Lagos, where 14 percent reside. Aside from Nigeria this last name occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 18 percent reside and Indonesia, where 16 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Apeawa9175/
Apaewa913/
Eapewa913/
Apewua911/
Apeawua8313/
Apeewat831/
Apewo8091/
Apiwa8089/
Apawa8064/
Apewe8018/
Apeba8016/
Apeva8013/
Apewi804/
Epewa802/
Opewa802/
Apewy801/
Hapheway771/
Apaeva73774/
Apieva73743/
Opeywa73436/
Apejua73109/
Apeeva7325/
Hapeva7321/
Opaewa739/
Aphiwa737/
Apeiwe737/
Apeuwe735/
Apeewe734/
Aupiwa733/
Apewer732/
Apoeva732/
Apevga731/
Gapiwa731/
Apewou731/
Apiewo731/
Hapeba731/
Appawa731/
Apewoo731/
Apeave731/
Opeiwa731/
Gopewa731/
Gapeeva672,944/
Hapeeva67435/
Appaeva67240/
Appoeva6778/
Aypaeva6711/
Ahapeva6710/
Apeaver679/
Aypieva679/
Hapaeva676/
Apeiwou674/
Aspeeva673/
Apiwatt671/
Apechwo671/
Apeiwoo671/
Aupaeva671/
Haphawa671/
Hopeiwa671/
Apiwaht671/

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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
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  • 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 Apewa
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