Poba Surname
Approximately 6,190 people bear this surname
Poba Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Congo | 2,239 | 1:2,228 | 368 |
| Angola | 1,972 | 1:13,686 | 1,647 |
| DR Congo | 971 | 1:76,086 | 8,832 |
| Gabon | 556 | 1:3,398 | 592 |
| India | 230 | 1:3,335,067 | 96,460 |
| Luxembourg | 60 | 1:9,676 | 1,612 |
| Indonesia | 53 | 1:2,495,268 | 147,726 |
| Nigeria | 47 | 1:3,768,995 | 108,818 |
| South Africa | 17 | 1:3,186,924 | 115,449 |
| Belgium | 10 | 1:1,149,664 | 82,403 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| Cameroon | 3 | 1:6,923,023 | 143,724 |
| Brazil | 3 | 1:71,358,111 | 770,017 |
| Canada | 2 | 1:18,422,796 | 409,488 |
| Ukraine | 2 | 1:22,761,348 | 425,733 |
| Taiwan | 2 | 1:11,722,373 | 63,559 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 1 | 1:110,375 | 6,934 |
| Uruguay | 1 | 1:3,431,758 | 38,295 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Guatemala | 1 | 1:16,082,668 | 12,169 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
Poba (713) may also be a first name.
Poba Demographics
Average Poba Salary in
South Africa
R 399,528
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Poba Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Poba Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Poba (Marathi: पोबा, Russian: Поба) occurs in The Congo more than any other country or territory. It may also appear as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Poba? popularity and diffusion
Poba is the 78,877th most commonly used surname throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,177,310 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 94 percent of Poba live; 61 percent live in Central Africa and 61 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 309,270th most frequently occurring forename on earth. It is borne by 713 people.
Poba is most frequently held in The Congo, where it is held by 2,239 people, or 1 in 2,228. In The Congo Poba is most numerous in: Pointe-Noire Department, where 56 percent live, Brazzaville Department, where 20 percent live and Niari Department, where 19 percent live. Apart from The Congo it occurs in 32 countries. It also occurs in Angola, where 32 percent live and The DR Congo, where 16 percent live.
Poba Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Poba has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Poba surname grew 400 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Poba Last Name Statistics demography
Poba earn more than fifty percent more than the average income. In South Africa they earn 68.12% more than the national average, earning R 399,528 per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Poba Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Poba in the Marathi language | ||
| पोबा | poba | - |
| Poba in the Russian language | ||
| Поба | poba | - |
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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 Poba
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