Pockets Surname

3,543,123rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 31 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
British Virgin Islands

Pockets Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Pockets Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States241:15,102,456529,929
England31:18,572,686338,250
India31:255,688,4611,306,352
British Virgin Islands11:31,5941,029
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England61:4,062,562101,150
Wales61:261,4039,165

Pockets Last Name Facts

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

Pockets is borne by more people in The United States than any other country or territory. It may be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Pockets click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Pockets? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 3,543,123rd most commonly used family name on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 235,082,126 people. The surname is mostly found in The Americas, where 81 percent of Pockets live; 77 percent live in North America and 77 percent live in Anglo-North America.

This surname is most commonly occurring in The United States, where it is carried by 24 people, or 1 in 15,102,456. In The United States Pockets is primarily found in: Pennsylvania, where 21 percent reside, New York, where 13 percent reside and California, where 8 percent reside. Other than The United States this last name occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in England, where 10 percent reside and India, where 10 percent reside.

Pockets Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Pockets has changed through the years. In England the number of people who held the Pockets last name fell 50 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Pockets Last Name Statistics demography

Pockets earn more than fifty percent more than the average income. In United States they earn 64.64% more than the national average, earning $71,042 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Pocketts935/
Pocets922/
Packets863/
Puckets860/
Pucketts802/
Packetts801/
Pockesci801/
Pokits778/
Pakets772/
Pacets771/
Pucets771/
Pukets771/
Putkets711/
Pochesci67299/
Pokec6738/
Pacquets6713/
Pokitsch672/
Pokeć671/

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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 Pockets
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