Apostle Surname

466,730th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 721 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Saint Martin

Apostle Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Apostle Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria3271:541,72126,511
United States2791:1,299,13691,043
Canada571:646,41452,764
Papua New Guinea131:627,20974,307
France121:5,535,227269,324
Ghana41:6,755,17315,406
England41:13,929,515290,718
Australia31:8,998,567200,784
Germany31:26,835,153452,368
India31:255,688,4611,306,352
Mexico21:62,063,10283,384
Philippines21:50,619,112341,003
South Africa21:27,088,852277,613
Uganda21:19,519,640189,114
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Panama11:3,912,25817,195
Congo11:4,989,09634,171
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Saint Martin11:35,156229
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States81:6,277,336262,771

Apostle (8,021) may also be a first name.

Apostle Last Name Facts

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

The last name Apostle is more commonly found in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Apostle? popularity and diffusion

Apostle is the 466,730th most commonly occurring surname on a global scale, held by around 1 in 10,107,553 people. The surname is mostly found in The Americas, where 47 percent of Apostle live; 47 percent live in North America and 47 percent live in Anglo-North America. It is also the 70,967th most commonly held first name on earth It is held by 8,021 people.

The surname Apostle is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is carried by 327 people, or 1 in 541,721. In Nigeria it is most numerous in: Bayelsa, where 21 percent live, Delta, where 18 percent live and Rivers, where 11 percent live. Beside Nigeria this last name occurs in 21 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 39 percent live and Canada, where 8 percent live.

Apostle Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Apostle has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Apostle surname grew 3,488 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Apostle Last Name Statistics demography

The amount Apostle earn in different countries varies greatly. In United States they earn 56.1% more than the national average, earning $67,354 USD per year and in Canada they earn 14.44% less than the national average, earning $42,508 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Apostile936/
Apostles932/
Aposttle931/
Appostle931/
Aposstle931/
Apostler931/
Apoztle861/
Apestle861/
Apostoil802/
Apostelli751/
Apatla623/
Opotlia576/
Appatla573/

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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 Apostle
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