Pokou Surname
Approximately 8,356 people bear this surname
Pokou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ivory Coast | 8,101 | 1:2,848 | 281 |
| Benin | 83 | 1:124,525 | 13,573 |
| Papua New Guinea | 38 | 1:214,572 | 29,580 |
| Guinea | 33 | 1:358,601 | 1,162 |
| France | 28 | 1:2,372,240 | 182,981 |
| Cameroon | 23 | 1:903,003 | 60,285 |
| Canada | 15 | 1:2,456,373 | 146,130 |
| United States | 12 | 1:30,204,911 | 765,334 |
| Congo | 6 | 1:831,516 | 16,072 |
| Indonesia | 5 | 1:26,449,839 | 597,308 |
| Brazil | 3 | 1:71,358,111 | 770,017 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Switzerland | 2 | 1:4,106,458 | 122,336 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
Pokou (1,567) may also be a first name.
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Pokou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Pokou Come From? nationality or country of origin
Pokou is found in The Ivory Coast more than any other country or territory. It may occur as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Pokou? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 60,309th most prevalent last name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 872,133 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 76 percent of Pokou are found; 76 percent are found in West Africa and 72 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Pokou is also the 195,636th most widely held first name throughout the world. It is borne by 1,567 people.
It is most widespread in The Ivory Coast, where it is carried by 8,101 people, or 1 in 2,848. In The Ivory Coast it is most common in: Lacs District, where 23 percent are found, Abidjan Autonomous District, where 21 percent are found and Bas-Sassandra District, where 19 percent are found. Beside The Ivory Coast this surname is found in 17 countries. It also occurs in Benin, where 1 percent are found and Papua New Guinea, where 0 percent are found.
Pokou Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Pokou surname are 46.77% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 100% registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Pokou earn in different countries varies markedly. In United States they earn 35.11% more than the national average, earning $58,300 USD per year and in Canada they earn 9.59% less than the national average, earning $44,916 CAD per year.
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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 Pokou
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