Apukas Surname
Approximately 63 people bear this surname
Apukas Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 62 | 1:131,512 | 18,033 |
| Lithuania | 1 | 1:3,034,588 | 47,401 |
The alternate forms: Apūkas (1) are calculated separately.
Apukas (28) may also be a first name.
Apukas Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Apukas Come From? nationality or country of origin
Apukas is found most frequently in Papua New Guinea. It may also be found as a variant: Apūkas. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Apukas? popularity and diffusion
The surname Apukas is the 2,414,640th most commonly held surname at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 115,675,332 people. This last name occurs mostly in Oceania, where 98 percent of Apukas reside; 98 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 98 percent reside in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 1,994,417th most commonly held first name throughout the world. It is borne by 28 people.
The last name is most commonly used in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 62 people, or 1 in 131,512. In Papua New Guinea Apukas is most numerous in: Eastern Highlands, where 87 percent live, Northern, where 11 percent live and Madang, where 2 percent live. Excluding Papua New Guinea this surname is found in one country. It is also found in Lithuania, where 2 percent live.
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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 Apukas
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