# Apt (surname)

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

A surname from German or Yiddish.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | German |
| Type | place, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 530 |
| US rank (2010) | 41,100 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 582,539 people |
| Change since 2000 | -6.7% (568 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Two possible origins: * A variant of Abt, a surname of German origin. * Borrowed from Yiddish אַפּט (apt), a habitational surname from the town of Opatów, in Poland.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Apt 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) | 93% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.3% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 3.4% |
| Two or more races | 0.9% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Apt in the United States.

## People named Apt

- Jay Apt, American astronaut, scientist, and professor

## Similar surnames

Abbott, Abdi, Abad, Abeyta, Abate, Avitia, Abbate, Abdo, Abed, Abboud, Abadie, Abt.

## 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.