Apostol Surname

8,960th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 63,281 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Philippines
Highest density in:
Romania

Apostol Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Apostol Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Philippines32,0431:3,159230
Romania18,9581:1,059136
Moldova2,4021:1,483145
Venezuela2,1441:14,0881,158
United States1,9421:186,64218,561
Saudi Arabia1,1131:27,7233,883
Ukraine9091:50,0807,253
Russia6321:228,04324,548
Spain5941:78,7076,823
Mexico5511:225,2745,791
Hungary2481:39,5824,252
Canada2021:182,40418,127
Transnistria1741:2,728418
Peru1721:184,7918,878
Singapore1071:51,4741,981
Italy1051:582,44554,819
Australia791:341,71828,950
England791:705,29239,851
Germany691:1,166,74676,492
Albania641:45,5326,163
France631:1,054,329115,549
Bahrain591:22,8584,582
Portugal571:182,7767,697
Thailand551:1,284,334183,539
Argentina551:777,15351,982
Greece491:226,11835,110
Belgium391:294,78634,540
Dominican Republic311:336,54611,471
Switzerland221:373,31428,226
Belarus221:431,86642,756
Israel151:570,50941,023
Ireland151:313,92910,911
Malaysia141:2,106,73083,604
Kazakhstan141:1,263,03568,752
Guam121:13,3432,098
Austria111:774,13064,097
United Arab Emirates101:916,22736,116
Qatar91:262,00030,726
Uzbekistan91:3,436,57132,268
Poland81:4,751,094138,864
Taiwan71:3,349,24920,155
Finland61:916,11741,832
Northern Mariana Islands61:9,097939
Sweden61:1,641,126116,183
Colombia61:7,962,34523,614
Hong Kong61:1,222,5805,222
Japan61:21,307,38248,838
Czechia51:2,126,694115,412
North Macedonia51:420,29419,032
Kuwait41:950,17418,811
Brazil41:53,518,583632,670
Slovakia41:1,334,11294,300
Georgia31:1,248,51528,066
Netherlands31:5,629,059132,535
South Korea31:17,080,0852,793
Luxembourg31:193,5147,046
Azerbaijan31:3,216,37432,290
Norway31:1,714,09579,528
Bulgaria31:2,326,30254,089
China21:683,660,78330,601
Vietnam21:46,323,0275,235
Iceland21:190,0456,825
Costa Rica21:2,390,03410,205
Panama21:1,956,12915,285
Turkey21:38,910,711171,901
Denmark21:2,822,35876,882
Chile21:8,808,23765,417
Ecuador21:7,952,92334,269
Turkmenistan11:5,489,11211,427
Wales11:3,094,53244,023
Jordan11:8,842,43726,010
Northern Ireland11:1,845,03620,648
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
Aruba11:103,4772,586
Bahamas11:391,7512,737
Cyprus11:884,87613,055
El Salvador11:6,343,8888,415
Estonia11:1,321,80440,178
Fiji11:894,3914,568
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Serbia11:7,144,94838,459
Kyrgyzstan11:5,972,65499,197
Lithuania11:3,034,58847,401
Macau11:601,6301,582
Micronesia11:106,2431,380
Mongolia11:2,825,28917,010
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Puerto Rico11:3,550,1399,109

The alternate forms: Apoštol (33), Apóstol (15), Apòstol (1) & Àpostol (1) are calculated separately.

Apostol (4,310) may also be a first name.

Apostol Last Name Facts

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

The last name Apostol (Georgian: აპოსტოლ, Russian: Апостол) occurs in The Philippines more than any other country or territory. It may occur as: Apoštol, Apóstol, Apòstol or Àpostol. Click here for other potential spellings of Apostol.

How Common Is The Last Name Apostol? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 8,960th most frequently occurring last name world-wide, held by around 1 in 115,162 people. This surname is mostly found in Asia, where 53 percent of Apostol are found; 51 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 50 percent are found in Fil-Southeast Asia. Apostol is also the 105,371st most frequently occurring first name worldwide, borne by 4,310 people.

The surname is most widely held in The Philippines, where it is carried by 32,043 people, or 1 in 3,159. In The Philippines Apostol is most common in: Central Luzon, where 17 percent are found, National Capital Region, where 14 percent are found and Cagayan Valley, where 11 percent are found. Besides The Philippines it occurs in 88 countries. It is also common in Romania, where 30 percent are found and Moldova, where 4 percent are found.

Apostol Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the last name is principally Orthodox (84%) in Russia and Orthodox (78%) in Ukraine.

In The United States those holding the Apostol last name are 11.41% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 64.64% registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Apostol earn in different countries varies greatly. In Italy they earn 58.56% less than the national average, earning €12,444 per year; in Colombia they earn 41.83% less than the national average, earning $13,206,800 COP per year; in United States they earn 17.84% more than the national average, earning $50,846 USD per year and in Canada they earn 8.34% more than the national average, earning $53,828 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Apostol Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Apostol in the Georgian language
აპოსტოლapostol-
Apostol in the Russian language
Апостолapostol-

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Footnotes

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