Pokeya Surname
Approximately 369 people bear this surname
Pokeya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 198 | 1:41,180 | 5,013 |
| DR Congo | 164 | 1:450,485 | 36,956 |
| Uganda | 4 | 1:9,759,820 | 144,676 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
Pokeya (108) may also be a first name.
Pokeya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Pokeya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Pokeya is borne by more people in Papua New Guinea than any other country/territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Pokeya? popularity and diffusion
The surname Pokeya is the 770,644th most common last name globally, held by approximately 1 in 19,749,447 people. The surname is mostly found in Oceania, where 54 percent of Pokeya live; 54 percent live in Oceania Islands and 54 percent live in Papuan Oceania. Pokeya is also the 904,892nd most widespread given name throughout the world It is held by 108 people.
The surname Pokeya is most commonly occurring in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 198 people, or 1 in 41,180. In Papua New Guinea it is most prevalent in: Southern Highlands, where 54 percent live, Hela, where 24 percent live and Western Highlands, where 13 percent live. Other than Papua New Guinea this last name occurs in 5 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 44 percent live and Uganda, where 1 percent live.
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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 Pokeya
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