Explore the Family Name Apps

The meaning of Apps

English: variant of Epps.

Dictionary of American Family Names, 2nd edition, © Oxford University Press, 2022.

How common is the last name Apps in the United States?

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census data, the popularity of the surname "Apps" has seen a significant increase between 2000 and 2010. In 2000, Apps was ranked as the 48,293rd most popular surname in the United States, while by 2010 it moved up the ranks to become the 45,804th most common surname, indicating an improvement of approximately 5.15%. The count of individuals carrying the surname Apps also rose from 411 in 2000 to 466 in 2010, marking a growth of 13.38%. The proportion of this surname per 100,000 people similarly increased by 6.67% over the decade.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#48,293	#45,804	5.15%
Count	411	466	13.38%
Proportion per 100k	0.15	0.16	6.67%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Apps

The ethnicity associated with the surname Apps, according to the Decennial U.S. Census data, shows some interesting changes between 2000 and 2010. In both years, there were no reported instances of Asian/Pacific Islander or multi-racial individuals associated with this surname. The majority of individuals with the surname Apps identified as White, although this percentage decreased slightly from 92.46% in 2000 to 88.63% in 2010. Over the same period, the percentage of Hispanic individuals with this surname increased significantly by 60.07%, albeit from a small base of 2.68% in 2000. The percentage of Black individuals with the surname Apps also increased modestly from 2.92% in 2000 to 3.22% in 2010, showing a rise of 10.27%. Meanwhile, American Indian and Alaskan Native representation among individuals with the surname Apps was reported for the first time in 2010, at 1.93%.

	2000	2010	Change
White	92.46%	88.63%	-4.14%
Hispanic	2.68%	4.29%	60.07%
Black	2.92%	3.22%	10.27%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	1.93%	0%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
Two or More Races	0%	0%	0%