Apir Surname

470,770th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 713 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Apir Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Apir Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria6411:276,35415,672
Malaysia241:1,228,92653,021
Uganda211:1,859,01362,128
India121:63,922,115578,870
Indonesia41:33,062,298643,618
Taiwan41:5,861,18633,577
Thailand41:17,659,586685,799
Afghanistan21:16,076,59243,178
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784

Apir (401) may also be a first name.

Apir Last Name Facts

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

The last name Apir (Hindi: आपिर, Marathi: अपीर, Russian: Апир) occurs in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Apir? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 470,770th most frequently used surname worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 10,220,962 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 93 percent of Apir are found; 90 percent are found in West Africa and 90 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Apir is also the 430,973rd most commonly occurring first name internationally. It is borne by 401 people.

It is most widespread in Nigeria, where it is borne by 641 people, or 1 in 276,354. In Nigeria it is mostly concentrated in: Benue, where 86 percent reside, Nasarawa, where 4 percent reside and Taraba, where 2 percent reside. Not including Nigeria Apir is found in 8 countries. It is also common in Malaysia, where 3 percent reside and Uganda, where 3 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Apire89945/
Aspir89389/
Apirt8933/
Aphir8922/
Apier8918/
Ahpir8914/
Hapir899/
Apair899/
Gapir892/
Apior891/
Apeir891/
Appier8075/
Apaire8072/
Aupair8028/
Gaphir808/
Aspire807/
Hapier804/
Apoire802/
Aspeir801/
Ashpir801/
Hapior801/
Appair801/
Apeire801/
Appire801/
Aupier801/
Aspoir801/
Happir800/
Gappir800/
Aper752,611/
Apre75267/
Opir75181/
Epir75145/
Apjr751/
Apèr751/
Appaire7339/
Apirova7320/
Happier739/
Haupier733/
Apuirre731/
Auphier731/
Ophir672,809/
Gaper672,001/
Asper671,931/
Opier67587/
Apere67555/
Apert67529/
Haper67200/
Apger67150/
Hopir67133/
Apper67104/
Apehr6774/
Apeer6761/
Ozpir6749/
Ayper6743/
Opire6739/
Gopir6738/
Gapyr6720/
Aapre6713/
Apère6712/
Apher6712/
Aphre676/
Eppir675/
Apear674/
Aperh674/
Aipre674/
Appre673/
Oppir672/
Hapre672/
Auper672/
Eaper671/
Azper671/
Aupre671/
Hepir671/
Opior671/
Epoir671/
Ajper671/
Opair671/
Epier671/
Eipir670/

Apir Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Apir in the Marathi language
अपीरapira-
Apir in the Hindi language
आपिरapira50
अपीरapira50
Apir in the Russian language
Апирapir-

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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 Apir
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