Pochen Surname
Approximately 58 people bear this surname
Pochen Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 36 | 1:4,920,632 | 129,434 |
| England | 11 | 1:5,065,278 | 148,650 |
| Uganda | 7 | 1:5,577,040 | 114,218 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1 | 1:24,375,369 | 195,128 |
The alternate forms: Pocheń (1) are calculated separately.
Pochen (365) may also be a first name.
Pochen Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Pochen Come From? nationality or country of origin
Pochen (Russian: Почен) occurs most in Nigeria. It can also occur in the variant forms: Pocheń. Click here to see other possible spellings of Pochen.
How Common Is The Last Name Pochen? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 2,530,696th most widely held family name worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 125,647,343 people. The last name Pochen occurs mostly in Africa, where 74 percent of Pochen reside; 62 percent reside in West Africa and 62 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 455,540th most frequently occurring first name worldwide. It is borne by 365 people.
It is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is held by 36 people, or 1 in 4,920,632. In Nigeria Pochen is primarily concentrated in: Plateau, where 97 percent are found. Not including Nigeria this surname occurs in 5 countries. It also occurs in England, where 19 percent are found and Uganda, where 12 percent are found.
Pochen Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Pochen has changed through the years. In England the number of people who held the Pochen last name expanded 1,100 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
Pochen Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Pochen in the Russian language | ||
| Почен | pocen | - |
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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 Pochen
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