Pokoana Surname
Approximately 6 people bear this surname
Pokoana Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lesotho | 5 | 1:406,512 | 17,363 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Pokoana Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Pokoana Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Pokoana is carried by more people in Lesotho than any other country/territory. It can appear as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Pokoana? popularity and diffusion
Pokoana is the 7,593,402nd most commonly occurring family name at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 1,214,590,986 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Pokoana are found; 100 percent are found in Southern Africa and 100 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.
The last name is most commonly held in Lesotho, where it is borne by 5 people, or 1 in 406,512. In Lesotho it is most prevalent in: Quthing District, where 100 percent are found. Barring Lesotho it occurs in one country. It is also found in South Africa, where 17 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Phokoana | 93 | 59 | / |
| Phookoana | 88 | 1 | / |
| Phokhoana | 88 | 1 | / |
| Pokoane | 86 | 22 | / |
| Phokoane | 80 | 669 | / |
| Phakoana | 80 | 287 | / |
| Phekoana | 80 | 1 | / |
| Pokouane | 80 | 1 | / |
| Phukoana | 80 | 1 | / |
| Phookoane | 75 | 8 | / |
| Phakoanaa | 75 | 1 | / |
| Poqoane | 71 | 32 | / |
| Phokhaonna | 71 | 19 | / |
| Poshkohani | 71 | 6 | / |
| Pakoane | 71 | 3 | / |
| Phakoane | 67 | 193 | / |
| Phoqoane | 67 | 3 | / |
| Phokaone | 67 | 1 | / |
| Phukoane | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pacaonas | 53 | 1 | / |
| Phacoane | 53 | 1 | / |
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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 Pokoana
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