Aplu Surname

3,730,171st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 28 people bear this surname

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

Aplu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Aplu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea141:582,40870,330
Bangladesh91:17,706,30813,537
Thailand21:35,319,172966,191
Cambodia11:15,487,14614,824
Haiti11:10,683,90724,607
India11:767,065,3821,851,717

Aplu (61) may also be a first name.

Aplu Last Name Facts

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

Aplu has its highest incidence in Papua New Guinea. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Aplu click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Aplu? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 3,730,171st most frequent last name globally. It is borne by around 1 in 260,269,497 people. The last name is primarily found in Oceania, where 50 percent of Aplu live; 50 percent live in Oceania Islands and 50 percent live in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 1,257,960th most frequently occurring given name worldwide It is held by 61 people.

The surname is most numerous in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 14 people, or 1 in 582,408. In Papua New Guinea it is most frequent in: West New Britain, where 93 percent reside and Southern Highlands, where 7 percent reside. Barring Papua New Guinea Aplu exists in 5 countries. It is also found in Bangladesh, where 32 percent reside and Thailand, where 7 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Aplus8930/
Apleu892/
Aplau891/
Applu891/
Aplou891/
Applus8010/
Haplau802/
Gapliu801/
Aplous801/
Gayplu801/
Gapplu801/
Aplaus801/
Oplu752/
Applous7323/
Applehu731/
Apluggi731/
Gapillou6725/
Goplu6720/
Hoplu6713/
Appllous671/
Opleu671/
Oplou671/
Apellauz671/
Apellius670/
Applehult624/
Applehaus620/
Oupleu608/
Goplou604/
Opellu603/
Opillu602/
Epillu602/
Epellu602/
Hopleu601/
Haploo601/
Oplaus601/
Gopillu555/
Opilluh551/
Hotplus551/
Aphloey551/

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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 Aplu
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