Pokom Surname
Approximately 119 people bear this surname
Pokom Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 110 | 1:74,125 | 9,709 |
| Thailand | 4 | 1:17,659,586 | 685,799 |
| Cameroon | 3 | 1:6,923,023 | 143,724 |
| Indonesia | 2 | 1:66,124,597 | 756,638 |
Pokom (268) may also be a first name.
Pokom Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Pokom Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Pokom is more commonly found in Papua New Guinea than any other country/territory. It can also occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Pokom click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Pokom? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,666,404th most common surname at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 61,239,882 people. It is predominantly found in Oceania, where 94 percent of Pokom live; 94 percent live in Oceania Islands and 94 percent live in Papuan Oceania. Pokom is also the 543,171st most commonly used given name world-wide, held by 268 people.
It is most numerous in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 110 people, or 1 in 74,125. In Papua New Guinea it is most numerous in: West Sepik, where 58 percent live, Jiwaka, where 30 percent live and Madang, where 7 percent live. Not including Papua New Guinea it occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in Thailand, where 3 percent live and Cameroon, where 3 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
- 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 Pokom
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