Apter Surname

267,389th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,461 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Israel

Apter Surname Definition:

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

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Apter Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States6211:583,67047,738
Israel3441:24,8773,647
England1641:339,74424,836
Canada771:478,51441,057
Argentina571:749,88450,572
Australia421:642,75544,739
Ukraine271:1,686,026128,013
South Africa271:2,006,58290,678
France211:3,162,987209,042
Brazil171:12,592,608246,358
Russia151:9,608,204322,587
Finland121:458,05828,977
Switzerland101:821,29253,588
Germany91:8,945,051266,530
Scotland31:1,784,60641,943
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Moldova11:3,561,36878,271
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Lithuania11:3,034,58847,401
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Latvia11:2,050,04660,295
Tajikistan11:8,386,69212,859
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Transnistria11:474,69917,893
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England541:451,39625,813

Apter (181) may also be a first name.

Apter 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

User-submitted Reference

This surname may come from:

1. a city by the name of Apt on the Romamian-Hungarian border

2. a rabbi that lived in 14th century France

- taltank

Apter Last Name Facts

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

Apter (Arabic: ابتر, Russian: Аптер) is most common in The United States. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Apter? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 267,389th most commonly occurring family name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 4,988,053 people. The last name Apter occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 41 percent of Apter are found; 36 percent are found in North America and 36 percent are found in Anglo-North America. Apter is also the 677,199th most prevalent first name on earth. It is borne by 181 people.

The last name is most frequently occurring in The United States, where it is borne by 621 people, or 1 in 583,670. In The United States it is mostly found in: Florida, where 9 percent reside, Illinois, where 9 percent reside and California, where 8 percent reside. Excluding The United States Apter occurs in 28 countries. It is also common in Israel, where 24 percent reside and England, where 11 percent reside.

Apter Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Apter has changed through the years. In England the number of people bearing the Apter surname grew 304 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Apter Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Apter last name are 35.01% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 88.24% being registered with the political party.

The amount Apter earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 188.89% more than the national average, earning R 686,520 per year; in United States they earn 33.5% more than the national average, earning $57,604 USD per year and in Canada they earn 2.32% less than the national average, earning $48,530 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Gapter91119/
Hapter9164/
Aptere9117/
Aptert912/
Aspter911/
Apte8913,108/
Haupter83122/
Haipter833/
Apted80938/
Hapte80439/
Abter80198/
Aapte80131/
Epter8039/
Gapte8039/
Șapte8027/
Opter8012/
Avter8012/
Aptie806/
Aptey802/
Aphte801/
Aptir801/
Haipeter7732/
Haypeter773/
Habter73446/
Aipete7374/
Hepter735/
Hopter735/
Hapted735/
Gaptei732/
Haptte731/
Haupte731/
Haptep731/
Hapteh731/
Gaupte731/
Gabter731/
Haptie730/
Apti671,215/
Avte67141/
Apta6777/
Heipter6732/
Abte6727/
Ouptier677/
Aptí675/
Habptie675/
Gapthey674/
Haibter674/
Apty671/
Aptj671/
Opte671/
Hapthey671/
Hauptte671/

Apter Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Apter in the Russian language
Аптерapter-
Apter in the Arabic language
ابترabtr-

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Apter Reference & Research

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