Apopo Surname

664,903rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 451 people bear this surname

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

Apopo Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Apopo Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya2661:173,60913,168
DR Congo681:1,086,46468,260
Papua New Guinea541:150,99520,848
Nigeria511:3,473,387102,969
Philippines91:11,248,691221,039
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887
Venezuela11:30,204,07785,459

Apopo (43) may also be a first name.

Apopo Last Name Facts

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

The last name Apopo (Russian: Апопо) is borne by more people in Kenya than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Apopo? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 664,903rd most widespread surname on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 16,158,638 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 86 percent of Apopo reside; 59 percent reside in East Africa and 57 percent reside in Nilo-Saharan Africa. Apopo is also the 1,545,828th most frequent first name in the world, held by 43 people.

The last name is most commonly used in Kenya, where it is carried by 266 people, or 1 in 173,609. In Kenya Apopo is most common in: Busia County, where 95 percent reside, Nairobi County, where 2 percent reside and Nakuru County, where 2 percent reside. Besides Kenya this last name exists in 7 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 15 percent reside and Papua New Guinea, where 12 percent reside.

Apopo Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the last name is primarily Christian (100%) in Kenya.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Apopot9129/
Aipopo9125/
Apoupo913/
Gapopo912/
Apopoi912/
Apoppo911/
Aphopho8312/
Apoupou8311/
Haipopo835/
Apoupoh833/
Epopo80253/
Opopo80190/
Apepo8064/
Apopa8025/
Apoupa733/
Epoupo731/
Opoppo731/
Epoepo731/
Apopah731/
Epoupou6764/
Oppoupo671/
Ahapopa671/
Apoupah671/

Apopo Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Apopo in the Russian language
Апопоapopo-

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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 Apopo
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