Apkas Surname
Approximately 352 people bear this surname
Apkas Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 351 | 1:23,230 | 2,541 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
Apkas (269) may also be a first name.
Apkas Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Apkas Come From? nationality or country of origin
Apkas occurs most in Papua New Guinea. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Apkas.
How Common Is The Last Name Apkas? popularity and diffusion
The surname Apkas is the 798,040th most commonly occurring family name globally It is held by around 1 in 20,703,255 people. This last name occurs mostly in Oceania, where 100 percent of Apkas are found; 100 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 100 percent are found in Papuan Oceania. Apkas is also the 542,091st most prevalent first name worldwide. It is borne by 269 people.
The last name Apkas is most frequently used in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 351 people, or 1 in 23,230. In Papua New Guinea it is most prevalent in: Southern Highlands, where 32 percent reside, Western Highlands, where 15 percent reside and Jiwaka, where 13 percent reside. Aside from Papua New Guinea it exists in one country. It is also common in Indonesia, where 0 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hapkas | 91 | 240 | / |
| Apkais | 91 | 2 | / |
| Apkase | 91 | 2 | / |
| Aphkas | 91 | 1 | / |
| Hapkais | 83 | 38 | / |
| Apkhast | 83 | 1 | / |
| Apkos | 80 | 37 | / |
| Abkas | 80 | 10 | / |
| Apcas | 80 | 4 | / |
| Abkhas | 73 | 6 | / |
| Abkash | 73 | 5 | / |
| Hapcas | 73 | 1 | / |
| Abkhash | 67 | 359 | / |
| Abkhasht | 62 | 46 | / |
| Avkaş | 60 | 166 | / |
| Abcas | 60 | 39 | / |
| Abkaz | 60 | 10 | / |
| Ebkas | 60 | 4 | / |
| Avcas | 60 | 1 | / |
| Avkos | 60 | 1 | / |
| Apcos | 60 | 1 | / |
| Epkos | 60 | 1 | / |
| Abkhaz | 55 | 125 | / |
| Abkous | 55 | 1 | / |
| Habkos | 55 | 0 | / |
| Habkost | 50 | 32 | / |
| Abkhosh | 50 | 9 | / |
| Abkatch | 50 | 1 | / |
| Abkhost | 50 | 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 Apkas
- 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