Pokona Surname
Approximately 36 people bear this surname
Pokona Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 27 | 1:301,990 | 40,635 |
| Togo | 4 | 1:1,811,942 | 8,122 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Pokona (25) may also be a first name.
Pokona Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Pokona Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Pokona occurs most in Papua New Guinea. It can be rendered as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Pokona? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 3,274,477th most frequently held last name on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 202,431,831 people. This surname is mostly found in Oceania, where 75 percent of Pokona live; 75 percent live in Oceania Islands and 75 percent live in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 2,136,160th most commonly occurring first name internationally, borne by 25 people.
It is most frequently occurring in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 27 people, or 1 in 301,990. In Papua New Guinea Pokona is most frequent in: Bougainville, where 67 percent live, Enga, where 22 percent live and Hela, where 4 percent live. Other than Papua New Guinea Pokona occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in Togo, where 11 percent live and The United States, where 8 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 Pokona
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