Poghiso Surname
Approximately 89 people bear this surname
Poghiso Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 78 | 1:592,050 | 27,720 |
| Uganda | 11 | 1:3,549,025 | 89,142 |
Poghiso Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Poghiso Come From? nationality or country of origin
Poghiso is held by more people in Kenya than any other country/territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Poghiso? popularity and diffusion
The surname Poghiso is the 1,980,395th most common last name in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 81,882,538 people. The surname Poghiso is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Poghiso reside; 100 percent reside in East Africa and 100 percent reside in Nilo-Saharan Africa.
The surname is most widely held in Kenya, where it is held by 78 people, or 1 in 592,050. In Kenya it is primarily found in: West Pokot County, where 100 percent are found. Besides Kenya this surname exists in one country. It is also found in Uganda, where 12 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Poghisho | 93 | 3,395 | / |
| Poghisio | 93 | 1,268 | / |
| Pogiso | 92 | 480 | / |
| Poighisio | 88 | 12 | / |
| Poighisho | 88 | 2 | / |
| Phoghisio | 88 | 1 | / |
| Pogisho | 86 | 220 | / |
| Pogihso | 86 | 2 | / |
| Phonghisio | 82 | 1 | / |
| Pogisa | 77 | 7 | / |
| Pangiso | 71 | 102 | / |
| Pahgiso | 71 | 1 | / |
| Phangiso | 67 | 44 | / |
| Pouguissa | 63 | 1 | / |
| Pageso | 62 | 38 | / |
| Pagisa | 62 | 1 | / |
| Pangisa | 57 | 230 | / |
| Pangeso | 57 | 23 | / |
| Paggeso | 57 | 14 | / |
| Pogicha | 57 | 1 | / |
| Pagitsa | 57 | 1 | / |
| Pagisha | 57 | 1 | / |
| Phangisa | 53 | 904 | / |
| Panggeso | 53 | 220 | / |
| Pagitsas | 53 | 10 | / |
| Pangaisa | 53 | 7 | / |
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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 Poghiso
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