Pokela Surname
Approximately 1,591 people bear this surname
Pokela Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 906 | 1:58,434 | 6,316 |
| Finland | 409 | 1:13,439 | 2,005 |
| South Africa | 113 | 1:479,449 | 39,619 |
| United States | 108 | 1:3,356,101 | 190,802 |
| Sweden | 23 | 1:428,120 | 30,474 |
| India | 14 | 1:54,790,384 | 527,769 |
| Australia | 13 | 1:2,076,592 | 93,242 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
Pokela (39) may also be a first name.
Pokela Demographics
Average Pokela Salary in
United States
$55,260 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Pokela Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Pokela Come From? nationality or country of origin
Pokela has its highest incidence in Tanzania. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Pokela? popularity and diffusion
Pokela is the 249,495th most widely held family name on earth It is held by around 1 in 4,580,481 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 64 percent of Pokela live; 57 percent live in East Africa and 57 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Pokela is also the 1,637,361st most widespread first name on earth. It is borne by 39 people.
The surname is most commonly occurring in Tanzania, where it is held by 906 people, or 1 in 58,434. In Tanzania it is most numerous in: Ruvuma Region, where 73 percent are found, Dar es Salaam Region, where 12 percent are found and Pwani Region, where 10 percent are found. Beside Tanzania Pokela exists in 11 countries. It is also common in Finland, where 26 percent are found and South Africa, where 7 percent are found.
Pokela Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Pokela last name are 26.77% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 80% registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Pokela earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 37.91% less than the national average, earning R 147,552 per year and in United States they earn 28.07% more than the national average, earning $55,260 USD per year.
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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 Pokela
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