Pokota Surname
Approximately 68 people bear this surname
Pokota Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 51 | 1:302,711 | 30,394 |
| Ukraine | 12 | 1:3,793,558 | 197,857 |
| Papua New Guinea | 3 | 1:2,717,906 | 153,458 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Pokota (23) may also be a first name.
Pokota Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Pokota Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Pokota (Russian: Покота) is found most frequently in Zimbabwe. It may also appear as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Pokota? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 2,312,869th most common surname internationally, held by approximately 1 in 107,169,793 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 76 percent of Pokota are found; 76 percent are found in Southern Africa and 76 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Pokota is also the 2,239,265th most frequent first name world-wide, held by 23 people.
This last name is most widely held in Zimbabwe, where it is borne by 51 people, or 1 in 302,711. In Zimbabwe it is mostly concentrated in: Masvingo Province, where 57 percent are found, Matabeleland South Province, where 41 percent are found and Mashonaland East Province, where 2 percent are found. Outside of Zimbabwe this surname exists in 4 countries. It is also found in Ukraine, where 18 percent are found and Papua New Guinea, where 4 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Pokota Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Pokota in the Russian language | ||
| Покота | pokota | - |
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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 Pokota
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