Poaka Surname

1,628,521st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 123 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Cameroon
Highest density in:
Cameroon

Poaka Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Poaka Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Cameroon1131:183,79719,288
Indonesia51:26,449,839597,308
India41:191,766,3461,073,940
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539

Poaka (37) may also be a first name.

Poaka Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Poaka Come From? nationality or country of origin

Poaka (Oriya: େପାଆକା) is held by more people in Cameroon than any other country/territory. It may appear as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Poaka? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,628,521st most frequent surname throughout the world, held by around 1 in 59,248,341 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 92 percent of Poaka reside; 92 percent reside in Central Africa and 92 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. Poaka is also the 1,688,769th most commonly occurring first name internationally, borne by 37 people.

Poaka is most frequently used in Cameroon, where it is carried by 113 people, or 1 in 183,797. In Cameroon Poaka is most prevalent in: Littoral Region, where 41 percent live, West Region, where 30 percent live and Centre Region, where 28 percent live. Barring Cameroon it is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 4 percent live and India, where 3 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Pouaka91100/
Pohaka9112/
Poakay911/
Phoakoa832/
Phoakha831/
Pouakah831/
Poachka831/
Pohakka831/
Poaki8035/
Poaca8034/
Paoka8024/
Poake8018/
Poako801/
Phooakad771/
Phaoka73172/
Pouako7372/
Poasca7332/
Pohake735/
Paoska735/
Pouake734/
Poatca734/
Poyoka733/
Pauaka731/
Poaske731/
Pohako731/
Pouoka731/
Pohaki731/
Paokad731/
Poakey730/
Poakes730/
Poľaško67139/
Pohaski6713/
Pohaker6712/
Poľacká676/
Pouokap674/
Poľacký674/
Pohasky674/
Pooakit671/
Pouakep671/
Phaokat671/
Phoakki671/
Poascas671/
Poacker671/

Poaka Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Poaka in the Oriya language
େପାଆକାepa'aka-

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Poaka
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