Jewish (Ashkenazic): Americanized form of the German Jewish
surname Apfelmann ‘apple man’, an ornamental name or a
metonymic occupational name for a seller of the fruit.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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