Applebee Surname

161,359th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,699 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Australia

Applebee 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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Applebee Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1,8581:195,08019,256
Australia4431:60,9387,370
England2701:206,36317,844
Canada921:400,49635,373
New Zealand121:377,36028,765
Belgium111:1,045,14978,166
South Africa51:10,835,541204,227
Bulgaria11:6,978,90586,260
France11:66,422,722504,397
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Malta11:430,2723,380
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Northern Ireland11:1,845,03620,648
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland211:210,9469,809
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1881:129,65612,048
Wales121:130,7015,289
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States5111:98,2759,988

Applebee 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)

(Scandinavian) belonging to Appleby = the Orchard, or the Apple-Tree Farm or Dwelling. [Old Norse eple, apple-tree + by-r].

The Derbyshire Appleby occurs in the will of Wullric, Earl of Mercia (A.D. 1002), in the anglicized form Æppelby.

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

Applebee Last Name Facts

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

The last name Applebee occurs more in The United States more than any other country/territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Applebee? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 161,359th most frequent last name worldwide, held by around 1 in 2,700,091 people. The surname is primarily found in The Americas, where 72 percent of Applebee reside; 72 percent reside in North America and 71 percent reside in Anglo-North America.

This last name is most frequently used in The United States, where it is borne by 1,858 people, or 1 in 195,080. In The United States Applebee is mostly concentrated in: New York, where 8 percent are found, Wisconsin, where 7 percent are found and Illinois, where 7 percent are found. Beside The United States Applebee is found in 14 countries. It is also found in Australia, where 16 percent are found and England, where 10 percent are found.

Applebee Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Applebee has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Applebee last name expanded 364 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it expanded 144 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Applebee Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the Applebee surname is primarily Catholic (100%) in Ireland.

In The United States those holding the Applebee last name are 16.87% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 63.64% registered with the political party.

The amount Applebee earn in different countries varies marginally. In United States they earn 0.86% more than the national average, earning $43,518 USD per year and in Canada they earn 1.04% more than the national average, earning $50,200 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
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Appllebee941/
Applebeet941/
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Applbee931/
Appelbee88191/
Applebey8895/
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Applebau751/
Gappelbe751/
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Applebis750/
Apppleby750/
Appleboy750/
Aspelbee750/
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Gaplbe711/
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Apleeva6748/
Gapelbe6736/
Gapilbe671/
Applyby671/
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