Apt Surname

153,254th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,869 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Indonesia
Highest density in:
Indonesia

Apt Surname Definition:

(from a place name) Apte or Apt is the Yiddish form of Opatow, a town in Galicia.

Apt Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Indonesia1,6501:80,1518,496
United States5671:639,25751,420
United Arab Emirates1131:81,0827,365
Germany791:1,019,05669,716
Israel751:114,10212,745
Russia431:3,351,699174,427
Serbia421:170,11811,141
Canada421:877,27667,671
India391:19,668,343291,059
Argentina371:1,155,22769,250
Poland331:1,151,78076,152
Qatar161:147,37516,023
Czechia131:817,95970,223
England101:5,571,806158,774
Chile101:1,761,64727,489
Brazil101:21,407,433350,627
Hong Kong91:815,0543,802
Sweden51:1,969,351134,077
Vietnam41:23,161,5143,610
Australia41:6,748,925181,100
Kazakhstan41:4,420,624134,293
Tunisia41:152,65617,743
Thailand41:17,659,586685,799
Italy41:15,289,172132,955
Saudi Arabia41:7,713,95437,548
Colombia31:15,924,69128,711
South Korea21:25,620,1284,175
Turkey21:38,910,711171,901
China21:683,660,78330,601
Ireland21:2,354,47019,715
Netherlands21:8,443,588136,641
Mexico21:62,063,10283,384
Croatia21:2,114,30285,143
Latvia21:1,025,02341,546
Kosovo21:930,93412,188
France21:33,211,361423,184
Malaysia21:14,747,112316,340
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
Uruguay11:3,431,75838,295
Armenia11:2,930,18022,770
Estonia11:1,321,80440,178
Georgia11:3,745,54547,852
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
Taiwan11:23,444,74693,622
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288
Sri Lanka11:20,808,56018,521
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Bolivia11:10,616,43417,077
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Bangladesh11:159,356,77326,077
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Belarus11:9,501,059159,228
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Puerto Rico11:3,550,1399,109
Peru11:31,784,12364,452
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Myanmar11:51,937,9852,166
Morocco11:34,476,099111,471
Madagascar11:23,649,8379,420
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2581:194,64617,040

Apt (101) may also be a first name.

Apt Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(from a place name) Apte or Apt is the Yiddish form of Opatow, a town in Galicia.

— Rabbi Benzion Kaganoff

Apt Last Name Facts

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

The last name Apt (Hindi: आप्त, Russian: Апт) is more commonly found in Indonesia than any other country/territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Apt? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 153,254th most commonly used surname on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 2,540,100 people. It occurs predominantly in Asia, where 64 percent of Apt are found; 54 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 54 percent are found in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Apt is also the 940,641st most frequent first name worldwide. It is borne by 101 people.

This surname is most widely held in Indonesia, where it is carried by 1,650 people, or 1 in 80,151. In Indonesia Apt is most prevalent in: West Java, where 28 percent live, North Sumatra, where 15 percent live and Central Java, where 14 percent live. Outside of Indonesia it occurs in 59 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 20 percent live and The United Arab Emirates, where 4 percent live.

Apt Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Apt has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Apt surname increased 220 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Apt Last Name Statistics demography

The amount Apt earn in different countries varies greatly. In United States they earn 82.29% more than the national average, earning $78,657 USD per year and in Canada they earn 2.28% more than the national average, earning $50,814 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Apte8613,108/
Apts86119/
Appt86115/
Aptt8691/
Hapt8635/
Aptz867/
Gapt866/
Aspt866/
Apht865/
Aupt864/
Ahpt863/
Aapt863/
Atpt861/
Aypt861/
Apft861/
Abpt861/
Adpt861/
Ajpt861/
Apth861/
Azpt861/
Ap8012,228/
Haupt7540,248/
Hapte75439/
Aapte75131/
Gaupt75103/
Șapte7527/
Haipt7523/
Hajpt752/
Apt's752/
Aapht751/
Aptch751/
Hadpt751/
Happt751/
Aphte751/
Addpt751/
Haptz750/
Haypt750/
Ape679,209/
Abt679,188/
Asp676,363/
Hap671,770/
Aip671,014/
Gap67842/
App67710/
Eap67586/
Aps67460/
Haupts67374/
Aup67346/
Aap67284/
Aph67221/
Azp67127/
Aipete6774/
Ahp6770/
Atp6750/
Opt6741/
Ayp6738/
Adp6736/
Țap6736/
Atb6725/
Avt6721/
Apf6714/
Ajp6712/
Aptová6711/
Aptova679/
Apz677/
Ept675/
Abp675/
Hauptt674/
Haptte671/
Haupht671/
A'P671/
Haupte671/
Haupth670/

Apt Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Apt in the Hindi language
आप्तapta-
Apt in the Russian language
Аптapt-

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