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Last name origins & meanings:

  1. Americanized form of Greek Apostolos.
  2. Americanized form of Spanish and French Apostol or German Apostel. These were generally derived from nicknames for a man of serious, pious demeanor, though Bahlow suggests that the German name may have denoted one who played the part of an apostle in the passion play.