Apperson Surname

153,066th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,873 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States

Apperson Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Apperson Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2,8211:128,48613,585
Canada311:1,188,56786,017
Northern Ireland61:307,50612,899
Scotland61:892,30328,047
England31:18,572,686338,250
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Dominican Republic11:10,432,93236,508
Jamaica11:2,869,94713,896
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland291:152,7548,150
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England281:870,54937,307
Scotland141:267,3738,913
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States6271:80,0948,443

Apperson (10) may also be a first name.

Apperson Last Name Facts

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

Apperson is found in The United States more than any other country/territory. It can be found as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Apperson? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 153,066th most commonly occurring last name at a global level It is held by around 1 in 2,536,563 people. Apperson occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 83 percent of Apperson live; 83 percent live in North America and 83 percent live in Anglo-North America. It is also the 3,684,242nd most frequently occurring first name world-wide It is held by 10 people.

The surname is most widespread in The United States, where it is carried by 2,821 people, or 1 in 128,486. In The United States Apperson is most numerous in: California, where 9 percent are found, Georgia, where 7 percent are found and Texas, where 6 percent are found. Excluding The United States this surname exists in 10 countries. It also occurs in Canada, where 1 percent are found and Northern Ireland, where 0 percent are found.

Apperson Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Apperson has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Apperson surname increased 450 percent between 1880 and 2014; in Scotland it fell 57 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in England it fell 89 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Apperson Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those carrying the surname is chiefly Presbyterian (100%) in Ireland.

In The United States those bearing the Apperson last name are 12.5% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 59.27% being registered with the party.

The amount Apperson earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 1.11% less than the national average, earning $42,672 USD per year and in Canada they earn 6.58% less than the national average, earning $46,414 CAD per year.

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Apperson Reference & Research

Epperson FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.

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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 Apperson
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