The April surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,327 people carried this name — #20,125 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 222,200 people counted. About the same as in 2000 (1,329).
In Belgium’s population register
At least 96 people named April live in Belgium.
Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Flemish Brabant.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 54 people named April.
3 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 8 départements, most often Bas-Rhin.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
27 people named April live in Switzerland.
They live in 4 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
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 April,
with a public archive behind them.
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Ernest April 1915–2004 · anatomist
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Protais April 1925–2015 · Catholic priest
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Aubert April 1929–2022 · Catholic priest
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Gabriel April 1932–2020 · Catholic priest
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Aharon April 1932–2020 · artist
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Jean-Pierre April 1948– · writer
Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to April.
- Apffel 107 · U.S. census
- Apicella 998 · U.S. census
- Appel 7,938 · U.S. census
- Appenzeller 614 · U.S. census
- Appert 199 · U.S. census
- Aprahamian 326 · U.S. census
- Aprile 628 · U.S. census
- Apruzzese 214 · U.S. census
- Aquilina 841 · U.S. census
- Aquino 25,783 · U.S. census
- Ara 900 · U.S. census
- Arab 499 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where April is.
A volume says what happened to it.
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