Apt

See also: apt, APT, apt., and ap't

English

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.

Proper noun

Apt (plural Apts)

1. A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Apt is the 41100^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 530 individuals. Apt is most common among White (92.64%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Apt”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 49.