Appalsamy Surname

257,166th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,532 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
Mauritius

Appalsamy Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Appalsamy Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa1,3731:39,4595,075
Mauritius1151:11,2472,431
Canada231:1,601,982107,690
Guyana71:108,8897,175
England51:11,143,612252,590
Saudi Arabia41:7,713,95437,548
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915

Appalsamy (426) may also be a first name.

Appalsamy Last Name Facts

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

The surname Appalsamy is found in South Africa more than any other country or territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Appalsamy? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 257,166th most widespread surname throughout the world, held by around 1 in 4,756,884 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 97 percent of Appalsamy are found; 97 percent are found in Southern Africa and 90 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 416,125th most common first name at a global level, borne by 426 people.

The surname is most frequently occurring in South Africa, where it is carried by 1,373 people, or 1 in 39,459. In South Africa it is most common in: KwaZulu-Natal, where 86 percent reside, Gauteng, where 11 percent reside and Western Cape, where 1 percent reside. Not including South Africa this last name exists in 9 countries. It also occurs in Mauritius, where 8 percent reside and Canada, where 2 percent reside.

Appalsamy Last Name Statistics demography

The amount Appalsamy earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 86.79% more than the national average, earning R 443,892 per year and in Canada they earn 21.71% more than the national average, earning $60,469 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Appalsammy9529/
Appalesamy951/
Appaalsamy951/
Apalsamy945/
Appalsami8998/
Gapalsamy891/
Appalshami847/
Gopalsamy78777/
Gopaulsamy741/
Gopaulsammy7012/
Gopalsami6726/
Gopaulsami636/

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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 Appalsamy
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