Last Name APPLIN

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Meaning The son of Appoline. The homily 'Against the perils of Idolatry' says: 'All diseases have their special saints as gods, the curers of them: the toothache, St Appoline.' This was the usual English form of Appolonia, a martyr at Alexandria, who, among other tortures, had all her teeth beaten out. The second possibility is 'the son of Abel,' from diminutive Abelin, sharpened to Apelin. The third option is 'the son of Lyon,' a Welsh personal name, whence the patr. ap-Lyon. This undoubtedly became Applin, and represents the Applins of Somerset, Hereford, and south-west England generally.
Origin English, Welsh, Irish

Rank 26,419 (2000 US census) 14,695 (1990 US census)
Count 869 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that
  • 67.32%, or 585 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
  • 27.73%, or 241 total occurrences, as black,
  • undisclosed % as Asian and Pacific Islander,
  • undisclosed % as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
  • 1.73%, or 15 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
  • 2.76%, or 24 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.


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