Pogbe Surname
Approximately 243 people bear this surname
Pogbe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 239 | 1:741,183 | 33,732 |
| Benin | 4 | 1:2,583,900 | 73,293 |
Pogbe (36) may also be a first name.
Pogbe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Pogbe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Pogbe is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Pogbe? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,035,555th most commonly held family name internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 29,989,901 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Pogbe live; 100 percent live in West Africa and 100 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Pogbe is also the 1,717,090th most commonly occurring first name at a global level. It is borne by 36 people.
This surname is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is held by 239 people, or 1 in 741,183. In Nigeria Pogbe is most frequent in: Ogun, where 74 percent are found, Lagos, where 22 percent are found and Ondo, where 3 percent are found. Aside from Nigeria this last name exists in one country. It is also common in Benin, where 2 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pongbe | 91 | 5 | / |
| Pogue | 80 | 11,483 | / |
| Pagbe | 80 | 954 | / |
| Pogba | 80 | 443 | / |
| Pugbe | 80 | 16 | / |
| Pogve | 80 | 1 | / |
| Pogbi | 80 | 1 | / |
| Pogwe | 80 | 0 | / |
| Phoungbe | 77 | 2 | / |
| Pougue | 73 | 151 | / |
| Pangbe | 73 | 13 | / |
| Poguey | 73 | 10 | / |
| Poguee | 73 | 2 | / |
| Pougba | 73 | 2 | / |
| Poghue | 73 | 2 | / |
| Pougwe | 73 | 1 | / |
| Posgue | 73 | 1 | / |
| Puogue | 73 | 1 | / |
| Pogueh | 73 | 1 | / |
| Poigue | 73 | 1 | / |
| Pegbeu | 73 | 1 | / |
| Peugbe | 73 | 1 | / |
| Pagbea | 73 | 1 | / |
| Pongbi | 73 | 1 | / |
| Poggue | 73 | 1 | / |
| Pugbee | 73 | 0 | / |
| Pougoue | 67 | 566 | / |
| Pogbaya | 67 | 48 | / |
| Puongwe | 67 | 35 | / |
| Poingue | 67 | 33 | / |
| Pongbai | 67 | 11 | / |
| Pongwej | 67 | 5 | / |
| Poungwe | 67 | 2 | / |
| Poghoue | 67 | 1 | / |
| Poingwe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Poiguee | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pongkue | 67 | 1 | / |
| Puigbet | 67 | 1 | / |
| Poughue | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Pogbe
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