Pokolo Surname

285,302nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,348 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
Namibia

Pokolo Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Pokolo Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa4921:110,11713,252
Liberia3671:12,0121,295
Namibia3571:6,7491,315
Russia821:1,757,598114,376
Ukraine111:4,138,427206,719
Congo101:498,91011,250
Uganda91:4,337,69899,715
Belarus71:1,357,29483,128
England31:18,572,686338,250
Nigeria31:59,047,586507,603
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Cameroon21:10,384,534165,830
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
Germany11:80,505,459560,955

Pokolo (61) may also be a first name.

Pokolo Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Pokolo Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Pokolo (Russian: Поколо) is borne by more people in South Africa than any other country/territory. It may occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Pokolo? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 285,302nd most commonly occurring surname world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 5,406,191 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 92 percent of Pokolo live; 63 percent live in Southern Africa and 63 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Pokolo is also the 1,257,960th most commonly held first name globally It is held by 61 people.

It is most frequently occurring in South Africa, where it is held by 492 people, or 1 in 110,117. In South Africa Pokolo is mostly concentrated in: Eastern Cape, where 41 percent reside, Western Cape, where 33 percent reside and Gauteng, where 14 percent reside. Other than South Africa this last name is found in 13 countries. It is also common in Liberia, where 27 percent reside and Namibia, where 26 percent reside.

Pokolo Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the Pokolo surname is predominantly Orthodox (75%) in Russia.

Pokolo earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 62.83% less than the national average, earning R 88,320 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Phokolo92198/
Pokolou9228/
Pokoloh928/
Pokoloi921/
Pokoloo921/
Pfokolo921/
Pokoulou861/
Pokalo83511/
Pokola83325/
Pakolo8398/
Pokelo8310/
Pocolo837/
Pukolo833/
Pekolo832/
Pokulo831/
Pokoło831/
Pokotello8014/
Pokotyllo804/
Poikola77169/
Potkalo77136/
Patkolo7758/
Paekolo7715/
Phokalo778/
Pokallo778/
Phokola777/
Phokelo772/
Pokulou772/
Pokelou772/
Pokalou772/
Poccolo771/
Poukola771/
Pokolia771/
Pakolou771/
Paskolo771/
Poskalo771/
Pouskoulou751/
Poekhalo7158/
Podkuilo719/
Poykhalo718/
Poikhalo714/
Phokgola712/
Pukoulou711/
Pokala679,122/
Pukalo671,928/
Pokela671,591/
Pekola67417/
Pakalo67304/
Pakola67279/
Pakelo67121/
Pokula67113/
Pekelo6776/
Pocola6775/
Pecolo6764/
Pokało6730/
Pakulo6720/
Pokatello6720/
Pukulo6715/
Pokatillo676/
Pacolo676/
Pekalo673/
Põkalo671/
Pokotyłło671/
Pukola671/
Pokkolath671/
Pouskoula671/
Putkholio671/

Pokolo Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Pokolo in the Russian language
Поколоpokolo-

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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 Pokolo
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