Appelen Surname

1,185,157th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 200 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Belgium
Highest density in:
Belgium

Appelen Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Appelen Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Belgium1931:59,5689,611
United States51:72,491,7871,102,614
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915

Appelen Last Name Facts

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

The last name Appelen is found in Belgium more than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Appelen? popularity and diffusion

Appelen is the 1,185,157th most widely held last name worldwide It is held by around 1 in 36,437,730 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 97 percent of Appelen live; 97 percent live in Western Europe and 97 percent live in Germanic Europe.

This last name is most frequently used in Belgium, where it is carried by 193 people, or 1 in 59,568. In Belgium Appelen is mostly found in: Flemish Region, where 99 percent live and Walloon Region, where 1 percent live. Barring Belgium it occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 3 percent live and The Netherlands, where 1 percent live.

Appelen Last Name Statistics demography

Appelen earn less than half the average income. In United States they earn 74.51% less than the national average, earning $11,000 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Appelien930/
Applen92286/
Appelin8650/
Oppelen862/
Apeleng861/
Happlen861/
Aplen8319/
Apelin77187/
Apolen7749/
Apalen7718/
Opelen773/
Auplen771/
Haplen771/
Epelen771/
Aspeslåen7559/
Aspelin71739/
Eppelin7130/
Appolin7125/
Ozpelen719/
Apeling719/
Aphelin718/
Apelina718/
Appilin714/
Apelion711/
Opelien711/
Ophelen710/
Oppelin710/
Hopplen710/
Appelim710/
Aspeling671,984/
Ophelien676/
Oplen675/
Haepelin673/
Appollin671/
Apoln671/
Appyling671/

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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 Appelen
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