Pochwatka Surname

686,443rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 432 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Poland
Highest density in:
Poland

Pochwatka Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Pochwatka Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Poland4101:92,70414,247
Brazil121:17,839,528311,080
Canada51:7,369,118289,406
United States41:90,614,7331,198,479
England11:55,718,059489,080

Pochwatka Last Name Facts

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

The surname Pochwatka is more commonly found in Poland than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Pochwatka? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 686,443rd most commonly used surname globally, borne by approximately 1 in 16,869,319 people. It occurs predominantly in Europe, where 95 percent of Pochwatka reside; 95 percent reside in Eastern Europe and 95 percent reside in West Slavic Europe.

This surname is most prevalent in Poland, where it is held by 410 people, or 1 in 92,704. Barring Poland this last name occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in Brazil, where 3 percent reside and Canada, where 1 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Pochwatko8950/
Pochwadka8914/
Pachwatka891/
Powatka881/
Powazka7561/
Powaska7544/
Poczwajska741/
Pavochka71164/
Pawaka6798/
Pokhvatko6724/

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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 Pochwatka
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