Apiam Surname

2,843,861st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 47 people bear this surname

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

Apiam Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Apiam Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea281:291,20439,406
Nigeria171:10,420,162203,261
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Solomon Islands11:580,02922,243

Apiam (36) may also be a first name.

Apiam Last Name Facts

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

Apiam (Oriya: ଆପିଆମ) is more frequently found in Papua New Guinea than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of Apiam.

How Common Is The Last Name Apiam? popularity and diffusion

It is the 2,843,861st most commonly held surname at a global level It is held by around 1 in 155,054,168 people. The surname is primarily found in Oceania, where 62 percent of Apiam reside; 62 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 60 percent reside in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 1,717,090th most widespread forename throughout the world It is held by 36 people.

The last name is most commonly held in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 28 people, or 1 in 291,204. In Papua New Guinea Apiam is mostly concentrated in: Southern Highlands, where 39 percent reside, West Sepik, where 32 percent reside and Enga, where 25 percent reside. Outside of Papua New Guinea this last name exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 36 percent reside and India, where 2 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Atpiam9196/
Aepiam9110/
Apiame914/
Appiam911/
Appiaam832/
Apian80246/
Apeam807/
Opiam804/
Apiom801/
Epiam801/
Apyam801/
Apiang73260/
Aspian73127/
Hapian7361/
Apiane7337/
Appian7333/
Apiome7316/
Aphian7315/
Aipian7314/
Gopiam734/
Ephiam732/
Gapian732/
Apijan731/
Haphijham711/
Gapihan67330/
Apiatin6720/
Aspihan6718/
Haspian6715/
Apiahan6714/
Ahpiang6710/
Aphijan671/
Apagian671/
Hapijan671/
Hapjian671/
Apegian671/
Apeijan671/
Aspiand671/
Apianne671/
Apiasen671/
Apiasin671/
Aiphian671/
Happian671/
Gappian670/

Apiam Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Apiam in the Oriya language
ଆପିଆମapi'ama-

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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 Apiam
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