Apolosa Surname

1,198,640th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 197 people bear this surname

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

Apolosa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Apolosa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
DR Congo1091:677,79449,381
Papua New Guinea811:100,66313,542
Zambia51:3,169,98435,680
Iran11:76,782,524277,718
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732

Apolosa (977) may also be a first name.

Apolosa Last Name Facts

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

The last name Apolosa occurs more in The DR Congo more than any other country/territory. It can also occur as:. For other potential spellings of Apolosa click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Apolosa? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 1,198,640th most frequently held last name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 36,992,619 people. The surname Apolosa occurs mostly in Africa, where 58 percent of Apolosa are found; 55 percent are found in Central Africa and 55 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. Apolosa is also the 257,794th most commonly held first name throughout the world. It is borne by 977 people.

The last name Apolosa is most common in The DR Congo, where it is held by 109 people, or 1 in 677,794. Other than The DR Congo Apolosa exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 41 percent are found and Zambia, where 3 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Apollosa931/
Apolosi86137/
Apolose869/
Appolose809/
Apolosie801/
Apolouse801/
Appolossi751/
Apalasa7118/
Opolosi7114/
Appaloosas714/
Apolasi711/
Apalose711/
Apolaza711/
Apaulasa6714/
Aspalasa678/
Apolegio677/
Appalose673/
Appalasa672/
Opolosis672/
Apauloza672/
Opoolasa671/
Apallose671/
Opoulose671/

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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 Apolosa
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