Pokot Surname
Approximately 127 people bear this surname
Pokot Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 64 | 1:127,402 | 17,396 |
| Philippines | 52 | 1:1,946,889 | 117,777 |
| Indonesia | 5 | 1:26,449,839 | 597,308 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
Pokot (14) may also be a first name.
Pokot Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Pokot Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Pokot (Russian: Покот) is found most frequently in Papua New Guinea. It can appear as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of Pokot.
How Common Is The Last Name Pokot? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,596,935th most widely held last name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 57,382,251 people. The surname is predominantly found in Oceania, where 50 percent of Pokot live; 50 percent live in Oceania Islands and 50 percent live in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 3,024,661st most frequently used first name throughout the world It is held by 14 people.
Pokot is most frequent in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 64 people, or 1 in 127,402. In Papua New Guinea it is primarily concentrated in: Manus, where 48 percent reside, New Ireland, where 28 percent reside and East Sepik, where 14 percent reside. Beside Papua New Guinea it is found in 6 countries. It also occurs in The Philippines, where 41 percent reside and Indonesia, where 4 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Pokot Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Pokot in the Russian language | ||
| Покот | pokot | - |
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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 Pokot
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