Apoua Surname

1,649,806th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 121 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Cameroon
Highest density in:
Cameroon

Apoua Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Apoua Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Cameroon1181:176,00918,652
Burkina Faso11:18,352,10030,051
Congo11:4,989,09634,171
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543

Apoua Last Name Facts

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

Apoua is borne by more people in Cameroon than any other country or territory. It can also occur as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Apoua? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 1,649,806th most widespread surname on earth, held by around 1 in 60,227,652 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Apoua reside; 99 percent reside in Central Africa and 98 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa.

The last name Apoua is most prevalent in Cameroon, where it is carried by 118 people, or 1 in 176,009. In Cameroon Apoua is most frequent in: Centre Region, where 49 percent are found, South Region, where 31 percent are found and Littoral Region, where 17 percent are found. Aside from Cameroon this last name exists in 3 countries. It is also common in Burkina Faso, where 1 percent are found and The Congo, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Apouah9118/
Appoua912/
Aphoua911/
Hapoua911/
Apoa89117/
Apougia831/
Appouah831/
Apuah8069/
Apaou8064/
Apoas8011/
Apouo8010/
Aspoa809/
Apaua809/
Apoai808/
Apuua806/
Apoui803/
Apouy802/
Apoha802/
Apoea801/
Apoat801/
Apoah801/
Appaou73505/
Apahou7384/
Apouey7345/
Aspoas7333/
Apgaua7330/
Apouho7313/
Apuhat733/
Appoah732/
Appuea731/
Apoiya731/
Apohou731/
Apoyaa731/
Apejoa731/
Gapooa731/
Haapoa731/
Apoyao731/
Appooa731/
Appuah731/
Apouos731/
Gapouo731/
Appoui731/
Apuyai731/
Apouoh731/
Gapoui731/
Apao674,267/
Appahou67440/
Apae67261/
Apoe67103/
Haapuea6749/
Appaouh6730/
Opoa6710/
Appohou678/
Apoaysh674/
Apojaep671/
Apahaou671/
Hajpoui671/
Apoyhya671/

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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 Apoua
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