Pokom Surname

1,666,404th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 119 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Papua New Guinea
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Pokom Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Pokom Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea1101:74,1259,709
Thailand41:17,659,586685,799
Cameroon31:6,923,023143,724
Indonesia21:66,124,597756,638

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 found most in Papua New Guinea. It can be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Pokom? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 1,666,404th most frequent last name at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 61,239,882 people. The last name Pokom occurs mostly in Oceania, where 94 percent of Pokom are found; 94 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 94 percent are found in Papuan Oceania. Pokom is also the 543,171st most widely held forename globally, borne by 268 people.

This surname is most widespread in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 110 people, or 1 in 74,125. In Papua New Guinea Pokom is most common in: West Sepik, where 58 percent live, Jiwaka, where 30 percent live and Madang, where 7 percent live. Other than Papua New Guinea this last name exists in 3 countries. It is also common in Thailand, where 3 percent live and Cameroon, where 3 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Pokhom9116/
Phokom913/
Pokome913/
Podkom911/
Pokkom911/
Potkom911/
Pookom911/
Pokoom911/
Poukom911/
Pokoum911/
Pokkhom839/
Phokhom838/
Phokcom835/
Phokome832/
Pookkom831/
Pokkome831/
Pockcom831/
Pokam805,512/
Pokum8080/
Pakom8041/
Pukom809/
Pocom807/
Pekom805/
Photkhom77109/
Phokhome772/
Pouskoum771/
Pougkhom771/
Pakhom73278/
Phokam73208/
Poukam73125/
Pakome73100/
Pokham7361/
Phokum7360/
Pookam7338/
Pokame7332/
Pookum7330/
Pokkam7324/
Pocome7314/
Pukkom7313/
Pukhom739/
Pokhum739/
Pokkum735/
Pockam734/
Pakoum732/
Phakom732/
Poukum732/
Pekhom731/
Pukoom731/
Padkom731/
Poocum731/
Pohkum731/
Putkom731/
Puokam731/
Poekam731/
Poikam731/
Pohkam731/
Pekoum731/
Ppokam731/
Pehkom731/
Poccom731/
Peckom730/
Pokhomova71725/
Phokham67400/
Pokkhum67191/
Pokkham67110/
Phakhom6787/
Phukhom6771/
Pookham6753/
Phokhum6715/
Peukkom6714/
Pookkum6714/
Pothkam677/
Phookam677/
Pookhum675/
Poshkam675/
Paukhom674/
Poodkam674/
Pookkam673/
Peckhom672/
Poocome671/
Poudkam671/
Phakoom671/
Phoukam671/
Putkoum671/
Phutkom671/
Phoocam671/
Phookum671/
Phokame671/
Pockham670/

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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 Pokom
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