Pokhi Surname
Approximately 5 people bear this surname
Pokhi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Afghanistan | 4 | 1:8,038,296 | 30,874 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
Pokhi (720) may also be a first name.
Pokhi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Pokhi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Pokhi (Hindi: पोखी, Marathi: पोखी, Oriya: େପାଖି) has its highest incidence in Afghanistan. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Pokhi? popularity and diffusion
It is the 8,193,072nd most widespread surname world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Asia, where 100 percent of Pokhi are found; 100 percent are found in South Asia and 80 percent are found in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 307,588th most frequently held first name internationally, borne by 720 people.
The last name Pokhi is most commonly occurring in Afghanistan, where it is borne by 4 people, or 1 in 8,038,296. In Afghanistan Pokhi is primarily concentrated in: Paktika, where 75 percent reside and Nangarhar, where 25 percent reside. Other than Afghanistan this last name occurs in one country. It is also common in India, where 20 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Pokhi Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Pokhi in the Oriya language | ||
| େପାଖି | epakhi | - |
| Pokhi in the Marathi language | ||
| पोखी | pokhi | - |
| Pokhi in the Hindi language | ||
| पोखी | pokhi | 97.35 |
| पोख्इ | pokhi | 0.66 |
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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 Pokhi
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