How common is the surname Apt?

530 people in the United States had the surname Apt in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 582,539 Americans. It ranked 41,100th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Apt?

In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Apt identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.4% as American Indian and Alaska Native.

Who is the most famous person named Apt?

Jay Apt, American astronaut, scientist, and professor.

Where is the surname Apt most common?

Wikidata records people named Apt in the United States.

Is the surname Apt getting more or less common?

Less common. 568 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 530 in 2010, down 6.7%.

The surname Apt

A German place surname, carried by 530 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex A130

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Apt is more common than 74.7% of them.

Origin

German origin

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.

Apt is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

One of 1,101 German surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 530 people named Apt in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 582,539 Americans. That is down 6.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 568.

#41,100

rank among US surnames

530

people in 2010

0.2

per 100,000 Americans

-6.7%

change since 2000 (was #36,999)

Who is named Apt

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

93% of people named Apt identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.4% as American Indian and Alaska Native and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 93%
American Indian and Alaska Native 3.4%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
Two or more races 0.9%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Asian & Pacific Islander are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Apts

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Jay Apt
American astronaut, scientist, and professor, born 1949

Other German surnames

All 1,101 German surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Apt come from?: 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.
How common is the surname Apt?: 530 people in the United States had the surname Apt in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 582,539 Americans. It ranked 41,100th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Apt?: In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Apt identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.4% as American Indian and Alaska Native.
Who is the most famous person named Apt?: Jay Apt, American astronaut, scientist, and professor.
Where is the surname Apt most common?: Wikidata records people named Apt in the United States.
What type of surname is Apt?: Apt is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
Is the surname Apt getting more or less common?: Less common. 568 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 530 in 2010, down 6.7%.