Pokane Surname
Approximately 636 people bear this surname
Pokane Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lesotho | 322 | 1:6,312 | 1,322 |
| South Africa | 193 | 1:280,713 | 27,626 |
| DR Congo | 89 | 1:830,108 | 57,152 |
| Papua New Guinea | 14 | 1:582,408 | 70,330 |
| India | 11 | 1:69,733,217 | 610,955 |
| England | 5 | 1:11,143,612 | 252,590 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
The alternate forms: Pokáné (1) are calculated separately.
Pokane (687) may also be a first name.
Pokane Demographics
Average Pokane Salary in
South Africa
R 163,704
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Pokane Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Pokane Come From? nationality or country of origin
Pokane (Marathi: पोकने) is more commonly found in Lesotho than any other country/territory. It can occur as: Pokáné. For other possible spellings of Pokane click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Pokane? popularity and diffusion
It is the 513,430th most common surname world-wide It is held by around 1 in 11,458,406 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 95 percent of Pokane live; 81 percent live in Southern Africa and 81 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Pokane is also the 315,600th most commonly used first name worldwide, borne by 687 people.
It is most widely held in Lesotho, where it is held by 322 people, or 1 in 6,312. In Lesotho it is most numerous in: Leribe District, where 39 percent are found, Butha-Buthe District, where 24 percent are found and Berea District, where 18 percent are found. Without taking into account Lesotho it exists in 7 countries. It is also common in South Africa, where 30 percent are found and The DR Congo, where 14 percent are found.
Pokane Last Name Statistics demography
Pokane earn significantly less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 31.11% less than the national average, earning R 163,704 per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Pokane Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Pokane in the Marathi language | ||
| पोकने | pokane | 60 |
| पोकणे | pokane | 40 |
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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 Pokane
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