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
Pokeya occurs more in Papua New Guinea more than any other country/territory. It can also be found as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Pokeya? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 770,644th most commonly used last name on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 19,749,447 people. This surname occurs mostly in Oceania, where 54 percent of Pokeya reside; 54 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 54 percent reside in Papuan Oceania. Pokeya is also the 904,892nd most commonly used given name at a global level, borne by 108 people.
It is most frequently held in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 198 people, or 1 in 41,180. In Papua New Guinea it is mostly found in: Southern Highlands, where 54 percent reside, Hela, where 24 percent reside and Western Highlands, where 13 percent reside. Other than Papua New Guinea this surname occurs in 5 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 44 percent reside and Uganda, where 1 percent reside.
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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 Pokeya
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