Pokaia Surname
Approximately 41 people bear this surname
Pokaia Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Zealand | 24 | 1:188,680 | 19,801 |
| Papua New Guinea | 12 | 1:679,476 | 78,554 |
| Australia | 4 | 1:6,748,925 | 181,100 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
Pokaia Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Pokaia Come From? nationality or country of origin
Pokaia occurs in New Zealand more than any other country/territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Pokaia? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 3,055,934th most commonly occurring family name in the world It is held by around 1 in 177,745,022 people. Pokaia occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 98 percent of Pokaia are found; 68 percent are found in Australasia and 68 percent are found in Australia and New Zealand.
The surname is most frequently occurring in New Zealand, where it is carried by 24 people, or 1 in 188,680. In New Zealand Pokaia is primarily concentrated in: Manawatu Wanganui Region, where 54 percent reside, Waikato Region, where 42 percent reside and West Coast Region, where 4 percent reside. Excluding New Zealand Pokaia exists in 3 countries. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 29 percent reside and Australia, where 10 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
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- 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 Pokaia
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