Poghon Surname
Approximately 616 people bear this surname
Poghon Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 480 | 1:96,208 | 8,507 |
| Uganda | 136 | 1:287,054 | 20,278 |
Poghon (217) may also be a first name.
Poghon Demographics
Poghon Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Poghon Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Poghon Come From? nationality or country of origin
Poghon occurs in Kenya more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as:. Click here for other possible spellings of Poghon.
How Common Is The Last Name Poghon? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 526,285th most commonly held family name in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 11,830,432 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Poghon are found; 100 percent are found in East Africa and 100 percent are found in Nilo-Saharan Africa. It is also the 612,983rd most common first name internationally. It is borne by 217 people.
Poghon is most widely held in Kenya, where it is carried by 480 people, or 1 in 96,208. In Kenya it is mostly found in: West Pokot County, where 97 percent live, Baringo County, where 2 percent live and Kericho County, where 0 percent live. Excluding Kenya it exists in one country. It also occurs in Uganda, where 22 percent live.
Poghon Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the Poghon last name is primarily Christian (100%) in Kenya.
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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 Poghon
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