Pokas Surname
Approximately 1,162 people bear this surname
Pokas Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ukraine | 437 | 1:104,171 | 14,899 |
| Croatia | 249 | 1:16,982 | 3,438 |
| Russia | 134 | 1:1,075,545 | 81,217 |
| Papua New Guinea | 113 | 1:72,157 | 9,422 |
| Australia | 103 | 1:262,094 | 23,895 |
| United States | 34 | 1:10,660,557 | 428,392 |
| Greece | 29 | 1:382,062 | 51,720 |
| Germany | 17 | 1:4,735,615 | 183,652 |
| Kazakhstan | 11 | 1:1,607,500 | 79,317 |
| Nigeria | 11 | 1:16,103,887 | 259,204 |
| Sweden | 6 | 1:1,641,126 | 116,183 |
| Canada | 4 | 1:9,211,398 | 321,528 |
| Georgia | 3 | 1:1,248,515 | 28,066 |
| Belarus | 3 | 1:3,167,020 | 121,664 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| Poland | 2 | 1:19,004,374 | 199,659 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 1 | 1:5,972,654 | 99,197 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
Pokas (136) may also be a first name.
Pokas Demographics
Pokas Religious Adherence
in Russia
Religious Adherence
in Russia
Pokas Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Pokas Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Pokas (Georgian: ფოკას, Marathi: पोकस, Russian: Покась) is carried by more people in Ukraine than any other country or territory. It can also be found as:. For other potential spellings of Pokas click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Pokas? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 321,376th most common last name on earth, held by around 1 in 6,271,554 people. The surname is primarily found in Europe, where 71 percent of Pokas live; 45 percent live in Eastern Europe and 45 percent live in East Slavic Europe. Pokas is also the 794,286th most widely held forename at a global level, held by 136 people.
The surname Pokas is most common in Ukraine, where it is carried by 437 people, or 1 in 104,171. In Ukraine Pokas is most numerous in: Poltava Oblast, where 30 percent are found, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, where 12 percent are found and Cherkasy Oblast, where 11 percent are found. Other than Ukraine it is found in 19 countries. It also occurs in Croatia, where 21 percent are found and Russia, where 12 percent are found.
Pokas Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the surname is principally Orthodox (100%) in Russia and Orthodox (75%) in Ukraine.
In The United States those holding the Pokas surname are 6.56% more likely to be registered with the United Russia Party than the national average, with 53.33% registered with the political party.
Pokas earn notably less less than the average income. In United States they earn 19.7% less than the national average, earning $34,650 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Pokas Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Pokas in the Georgian language | ||
| ფოკას | pokas | - |
| Pokas in the Marathi language | ||
| पोकस | pokasa | 40 |
| पॉकस | pokasa | 40 |
| पोकास | pokasa | 20 |
| Pokas in the Russian language | ||
| Покась | pokas | - |
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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 Pokas
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