Pokong Surname

2,312,869th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 68 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Thailand
Highest density in:
Thailand

Pokong Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Pokong Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Thailand211:3,363,731310,277
Indonesia201:6,612,460283,723
Philippines131:7,787,556197,164
Malaysia61:4,915,704170,578
Cameroon31:6,923,023143,724
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Cambodia11:15,487,14614,824
France11:66,422,722504,397
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784

Pokong (49) may also be a first name.

Pokong Last Name Facts

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

The last name Pokong occurs most in Thailand. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Pokong? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 2,312,869th most widely held surname internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 107,169,793 people. It occurs mostly in Asia, where 90 percent of Pokong reside; 90 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 40 percent reside in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 1,430,306th most common first name in the world, borne by 49 people.

The last name Pokong is most widely held in Thailand, where it is borne by 21 people, or 1 in 3,363,731. In Thailand Pokong is most common in: Bangkok, where 33 percent are found, Songkhla Province, where 33 percent are found and Roi Et Province, where 19 percent are found. Excluding Thailand it is found in 8 countries. It is also found in Indonesia, where 29 percent are found and The Philippines, where 19 percent are found.

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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 Pokong
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