Apú Surname
Approximately 13 people bear this surname
Apú Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Costa Rica | 11 | 1:434,552 | 3,937 |
| Panama | 1 | 1:3,912,258 | 17,195 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
The alternate forms: Apu (37,342) are calculated separately.
Apú Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Apú Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Apú is borne by more people in Costa Rica than any other country/territory. It can occur in the variant forms: Apu. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Apú? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 5,391,485th most common family name on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 560,580,455 people. This last name occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 92 percent of Apú live; 92 percent live in Central America and 92 percent live in Hispano-Central America.
The last name Apú is most widely held in Costa Rica, where it is carried by 11 people, or 1 in 434,552. Excluding Costa Rica this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Panama, where 8 percent reside and Spain, where 8 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apu | 89 | 37,342 | / |
| Yapú | 86 | 3 | / |
| Apeú | 86 | 1 | / |
| Ap | 80 | 12,228 | / |
| Aizpú | 75 | 3 | / |
| Yap | 67 | 173,355 | / |
| Apa | 67 | 18,448 | / |
| Apo | 67 | 9,215 | / |
| Ape | 67 | 9,209 | / |
| Api | 67 | 7,694 | / |
| Aip | 67 | 1,014 | / |
| Aep | 67 | 984 | / |
| App | 67 | 710 | / |
| Eap | 67 | 586 | / |
| Uap | 67 | 580 | / |
| Aup | 67 | 346 | / |
| Aap | 67 | 284 | / |
| Apy | 67 | 187 | / |
| Ahp | 67 | 70 | / |
| Aop | 67 | 70 | / |
| Iap | 67 | 58 | / |
| Ayp | 67 | 38 | / |
| Apw | 67 | 30 | / |
| Oap | 67 | 11 | / |
| Apb | 67 | 11 | / |
| Apé | 67 | 7 | / |
| Apê | 67 | 4 | / |
| Abú | 67 | 4 | / |
| Awp | 67 | 4 | / |
| Apá | 67 | 2 | / |
| A P | 67 | 2 | / |
| Apí | 67 | 1 | / |
| A'P | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Apú
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