Pocas Surname
Approximately 928 people bear this surname
Pocas Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brazil | 600 | 1:356,791 | 13,662 |
| Portugal | 132 | 1:78,926 | 3,983 |
| France | 110 | 1:603,843 | 79,953 |
| Switzerland | 36 | 1:228,137 | 19,301 |
| United States | 20 | 1:18,122,947 | 588,089 |
| Germany | 7 | 1:11,500,780 | 305,602 |
| Papua New Guinea | 5 | 1:1,630,743 | 129,019 |
| England | 4 | 1:13,929,515 | 290,718 |
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
| Spain | 2 | 1:23,376,018 | 128,922 |
| Philippines | 2 | 1:50,619,112 | 341,003 |
| Mozambique | 1 | 1:27,261,569 | 7,432 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Guatemala | 1 | 1:16,082,668 | 12,169 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
The alternate forms: Poças (973), Počas (2) & Pôças (1) are calculated separately.
Pocas (13) may also be a first name.
Pocas Demographics
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Pocas Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Pocas Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Pocas occurs more in Brazil more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as: Poças, Počas or Pôças. Click here for further possible spellings of Pocas.
How Common Is The Last Name Pocas? popularity and diffusion
It is the 383,389th most frequently used family name on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 7,852,959 people. Pocas occurs mostly in The Americas, where 67 percent of Pocas reside; 65 percent reside in South America and 65 percent reside in Luso-South America. It is also the 3,159,357th most commonly held forename internationally It is held by 13 people.
This last name is most commonly held in Brazil, where it is carried by 600 people, or 1 in 356,791. In Brazil it is mostly found in: São Paulo, where 30 percent are found, Paraná, where 26 percent are found and Rio de Janeiro, where 18 percent are found. Other than Brazil Pocas occurs in 17 countries. It is also found in Portugal, where 14 percent are found and France, where 12 percent are found.
Pocas Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Pocas last name are 46.77% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 100% being registered with the party.
Pocas earn somewhat less than the average income. In United States they earn 12.65% less than the national average, earning $37,691 USD per year.
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Pocas
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