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The Apicella surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 998 people carried this name — #24,914 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 294,100 people counted. That is up 7% from 933 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Apicella surname

A surname transferred from the nickname.

From a diminutive form of ape (“bee”), probably applied as a nickname for an industrious person or for a beekeeper.

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Apicella» (Italian), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.

In Argentina’s national register

At least 251 people named Apicella live in Argentina.

RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Buenos Aires Province.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Buenos Aires Province 162
City of Buenos Aires 79
Córdoba 10

RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.

In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 159 people named Apicella.

45 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 8 départements, most often Hérault.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they were born

Born outside France 45
Hérault 52
Bouches-du-Rhône 44
Essonne 10
Haute-Garonne 2
Paris 2
Hauts-de-Seine 2
Tarn 1
Val-de-Marne 1

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

In Switzerland’s population statistics

72 people named Apicella live in Switzerland.

They live in 8 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Geneva.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

Geneva 17
Ticino 14
Vaud 10
Zurich 9
Schaffhausen 7
Valais 7
Aargau 5
Basel-Stadt 3

Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.

Who carried it

People named Apicella,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Luis Apicella d. 1958 · violinist
  • Lucia Apicella 1887–1982 · wholesaler
  • Lucia Apicella 1887–1982 · wholesaler
  • John P. Apicella 1920–1966 · lawyer
  • Agata Apicella Moretti 1921–2010
  • Enzo Apicella 1922–2018 · artist

Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

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Surnames next to Apicella.

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