Pokop Surname

1,453,389th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 147 people bear this surname

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

Pokop Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Pokop Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea881:92,65612,367
Cameroon591:352,01831,532

Pokop (38) may also be a first name.

Pokop Last Name Facts

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

The surname Pokop occurs more in Papua New Guinea more than any other country/territory. It can also be found as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Pokop? popularity and diffusion

The last name Pokop is the 1,453,389th most commonly held last name worldwide, held by around 1 in 49,575,142 people. It occurs mostly in Oceania, where 60 percent of Pokop reside; 60 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 60 percent reside in Papuan Oceania. Pokop is also the 1,662,754th most common forename worldwide, held by 38 people.

This surname is most numerous in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 88 people, or 1 in 92,656. In Papua New Guinea Pokop is most numerous in: Western Highlands, where 61 percent live, National Capital District, where 10 percent live and East Sepik, where 8 percent live. Besides Papua New Guinea Pokop is found in one country. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 40 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Pokope9128/
Poukop9116/
Pokuop915/
Pokoup913/
Pocop80943/
Pakop80154/
Pokap8021/
Pukop8014/
Pekop803/
Pokob801/
Pouskops771/
Pokape7390/
Pokhov7328/
Poikov7312/
Phokap736/
Poykov734/
Poukov734/
Phokov733/
Pogkov732/
Pakoup731/
Pookap731/
Poukob731/
Pockap731/
Pookkhoup711/
Poukhov6713/
Pakoupe671/
Pukohup671/

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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 Pokop
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