Apwam Surname

5,391,485th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 13 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Apwam Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Apwam Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa121:4,514,809137,638
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543

Apwam Last Name Facts

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

The last name Apwam occurs most in South Africa. It may also be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Apwam? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 5,391,485th most frequent surname globally It is held by around 1 in 560,580,455 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Apwam are found; 92 percent are found in Southern Africa and 92 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.

Apwam is most common in South Africa, where it is held by 12 people, or 1 in 4,514,809. In South Africa Apwam is most common in: Gauteng, where 100 percent are found. Excluding South Africa Apwam exists in one country. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 8 percent are found.

Apwam Last Name Statistics demography

Apwam earn more than double the average income. In South Africa they earn 263.69% more than the national average, earning R 864,264 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ampwam911/
Apuam8028/
Apwan806/
Opwam805/
Abwam801/
Aepuam731/
Apwaan731/
Ampwan731/
Anphwan6720/
Gapfuam671/

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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 Apwam
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