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
Pokah occurs in Liberia more than any other country or territory. It may also occur as:. For other potential spellings of Pokah click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Pokah? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,817,111th most numerous last name globally. It is borne by around 1 in 70,752,873 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 88 percent of Pokah are found; 86 percent are found in West Africa and 86 percent are found in Anglo-West Africa. Pokah is also the 2,368,944th most common forename globally, borne by 21 people.
The surname Pokah is most common in Liberia, where it is borne by 89 people, or 1 in 49,534. In Liberia Pokah is primarily concentrated in: Montserrado County, where 73 percent live, Maryland County, where 12 percent live and Sinoe County, where 8 percent live. Other than Liberia this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 12 percent live and Cameroon, where 2 percent live.
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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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