# April (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/april/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | French |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 1,327 |
| US rank (2010) | 20,125 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 232,664 people |
| Change since 2000 | -0.2% (1,329 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /ˈeɪ.pɹəl/, 2 syllables |
| Variant spellings | Apr, Aprill |

## Etymology

From Middle English apprile, Aprill, re-Latinised from Middle English aueril, from Old French avrill, from Latin Aprīlis (“of the month of the goddess Venus”), perhaps based on Etruscan 𐌀𐌐𐌓𐌖 (apru), from Ancient Greek Ἀφροδίτη (Aphrodítē, “Venus”). Displaced native Old English ēastermōnaþ (“April”, literally “Easter month”), see Eastermonth.

## Who carries it

Share of people named April in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 76% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 17% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 5.6% |
| Two or more races | 1.3% |

## Similar surnames

Abril, Averill, Aberle.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.