Pokoye Surname
Approximately 3 people bear this surname
Pokoye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
Pokoye (7) may also be a first name.
Pokoye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Pokoye Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Pokoye occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Pokoye? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 10,311,814th most frequent surname globally, borne by approximately 1 in 2,147,483,647 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Pokoye are found; 100 percent are found in West Africa and 67 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Pokoye is also the 4,548,448th most numerous given name in the world, held by 7 people.
The last name Pokoye is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is borne by 2 people, or 1 in 88,571,379. In Nigeria it is most frequent in: Bayelsa, where 50 percent reside and Rivers, where 50 percent reside. Excluding Nigeria it is found in one country. It is also common in Cameroon, where 33 percent reside.
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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 Pokoye
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