Appelbee Surname

1,222,957th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 191 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Australia
Highest density in:
Australia

Appelbee Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Appleby,' parishes in Westmorland, Lincolnshire, and Leicestershire. Many local surnames ending in by are now found as bee, as this dictionary proves in various pages.

Geoffrey de Appelby, Lincolnshire, 1273.

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Appelbee Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Australia1231:219,47721,009
England361:1,547,72466,012
United States151:24,163,929685,360
Scotland131:411,83217,291
Bosnia and Herzegovina11:3,536,40219,532
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Wales11:3,094,53244,023
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland11:4,429,86640,727
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England671:363,81122,769
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States71:7,174,098302,835

Appelbee Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Appleby,' parishes in Westmorland, Lincolnshire, and Leicestershire. Many local surnames ending in by are now found as bee, as this dictionary proves in various pages.

Geoffrey de Appelby, Lincolnshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.

John de Appleby, vicar of Tilney, Norfolk, 1372: History of Norfolk.

Thomas de Appleby, Bishop of Carlisle, 1 Ric. II: ibid.

Henry de Apelby, 1367, rector of Bolton-juxta-Bowland: Whittaker's Craven.

Johannes de Appleby, 1379: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.

1624. William Browne and Rachel Appleby: Marriage Lic. (London).

18th C. William Norris and Sarah Appelbee: St. George, Hanover Square.

A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames (1896) by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley

APPLEBIE: Of local origin from some place of the name in England, perhaps Appley in Westmorland. Robert de Appilby appears as a witness in 1257 (LSC., p. 80), and John Aplebie, litster, is in record in Edinburgh in 1661 (Edinb. Marr.). James Appleby, merchant in Dumfries, 1798 (Dumfries).

The Surnames of Scotland (1946) by George Fraser Black (1866-1948)

= Appleby, q.v.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

The Applebys of Derbyshire, who have their home in the Ashbourn district, take their name from a parish on the Leicestershire border.

Homes of Family Names in Great Britain (1890) by Henry Brougham Guppy

Appelbee Last Name Facts

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

The surname Appelbee is found in Australia more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Appelbee? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,222,957th most frequently used family name in the world, held by around 1 in 38,154,691 people. It occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 64 percent of Appelbee reside; 64 percent reside in Australasia and 64 percent reside in Australia and New Zealand.

The last name Appelbee is most common in Australia, where it is held by 123 people, or 1 in 219,477. In Australia it is mostly concentrated in: Western Australia, where 68 percent live, South Australia, where 28 percent live and New South Wales, where 2 percent live. Excluding Australia Appelbee occurs in 7 countries. It is also found in England, where 19 percent live and The United States, where 8 percent live.

Appelbee Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Appelbee has changed through the years. In England the number of people carrying the Appelbee surname declined 46 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it expanded 214 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Appelbee Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those carrying the surname is principally Catholic (100%) in Ireland.

Appelbee earn a lot more than the average income. In United States they earn 39.86% more than the national average, earning $60,347 USD per year.

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