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
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Pokela Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Pokela Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Pokela is more frequently found in Tanzania than any other country/territory. It may also occur as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Pokela? popularity and diffusion
Pokela is the 249,495th most frequently used family name on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 4,580,481 people. The surname Pokela occurs predominantly in Africa, where 64 percent of Pokela live; 57 percent live in East Africa and 57 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,637,361st most widely held forename in the world, borne by 39 people.
Pokela is most frequently used in Tanzania, where it is held by 906 people, or 1 in 58,434. In Tanzania Pokela is mostly concentrated in: Ruvuma Region, where 73 percent live, Dar es Salaam Region, where 12 percent live and Pwani Region, where 10 percent live. Without taking into account Tanzania it exists in 11 countries. It is also common in Finland, where 26 percent live and South Africa, where 7 percent live.
Pokela Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Pokela last name are 26.77% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 80% registered to vote for the 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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