Pokah Surname
Approximately 103 people bear this surname
Pokah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberia | 89 | 1:49,534 | 4,428 |
| Papua New Guinea | 12 | 1:679,476 | 78,554 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
Pokah (21) may also be a first name.
Pokah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Pokah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Pokah occurs in Liberia more than any other country/territory. It can occur as:. For other possible spellings of Pokah click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Pokah? popularity and diffusion
The last name Pokah is the 1,817,111th most commonly held last name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 70,752,873 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 88 percent of Pokah reside; 86 percent reside in West Africa and 86 percent reside in Anglo-West Africa. Pokah is also the 2,368,944th most widely held first name on earth, held by 21 people.
The last name Pokah is most frequently occurring in Liberia, where it is borne by 89 people, or 1 in 49,534. In Liberia Pokah is primarily found in: Montserrado County, where 73 percent reside, Maryland County, where 12 percent reside and Sinoe County, where 8 percent reside. Barring Liberia it is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 12 percent reside and Cameroon, where 2 percent reside.
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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 Pokah
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