Arapel Surname

6,723,624th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 8 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Arapel Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Arapel Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya51:9,235,98055,978
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Arapel Last Name Facts

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

Arapel (Marathi: आरपेल) is carried by more people in Kenya than any other country/territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Arapel.

How Common Is The Last Name Arapel? popularity and diffusion

The surname Arapel is the 6,723,624th most numerous family name on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 910,943,240 people. The last name Arapel occurs predominantly in Africa, where 63 percent of Arapel reside; 63 percent reside in East Africa and 63 percent reside in Nilo-Saharan Africa.

Arapel is most commonly used in Kenya, where it is held by 5 people, or 1 in 9,235,980. In Kenya Arapel is primarily found in: West Pokot County, where 80 percent reside and Baringo County, where 20 percent reside. Aside from Kenya this last name occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in India, where 13 percent reside and Papua New Guinea, where 13 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Garapel923/
Arapael921/
Arapl912/
Orapel834/
Garapl831/
Erapel831/
Garopel77136/
Asrapil777/
Garapil772/
Gorapel771/
Orapl731/
Gaurapil711/
Harapuul711/
Oropel672,383/
Erapil6710/
Erepel675/
Athrappil675/
Eropel671/
Gorapl671/
Garopil62145/
Oropiel622/
Ouropel621/
Oropil5030/

Arapel Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Arapel in the Marathi language
आरपेलarapela-

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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
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  • 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 Arapel
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