Pokpa Surname
Approximately 125 people bear this surname
Pokpa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ivory Coast | 83 | 1:277,967 | 10,712 |
| Liberia | 21 | 1:209,930 | 13,691 |
| Thailand | 20 | 1:3,531,917 | 315,217 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
Pokpa (6,504) may also be a first name.
Pokpa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Pokpa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Pokpa is borne by more people in The Ivory Coast than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Pokpa? popularity and diffusion
The surname Pokpa is the 1,612,213th most common family name on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 58,300,367 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 53 percent of Pokpa live; 53 percent live in West Africa and 36 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 81,364th most commonly used first name globally. It is borne by 6,504 people.
The last name is most numerous in The Ivory Coast, where it is borne by 83 people, or 1 in 277,967. In The Ivory Coast Pokpa is most numerous in: Abidjan Autonomous District, where 45 percent live, Sassandra-Marahoué District, where 37 percent live and Bas-Sassandra District, where 10 percent live. Apart from The Ivory Coast it occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in Liberia, where 17 percent live and Thailand, where 16 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pokpas | 91 | 251 | / |
| Pockpa | 91 | 150 | / |
| Pokpah | 91 | 80 | / |
| Pokpay | 91 | 6 | / |
| Phokpa | 91 | 2 | / |
| Pookpa | 91 | 2 | / |
| Poukpa | 91 | 1 | / |
| Poikpa | 91 | 1 | / |
| Poekpa | 91 | 1 | / |
| Pokpai | 91 | 1 | / |
| Pockpas | 83 | 229 | / |
| Phokpha | 83 | 129 | / |
| Poykpay | 83 | 7 | / |
| Pokpass | 83 | 5 | / |
| Poukpah | 83 | 2 | / |
| Pokpaas | 83 | 1 | / |
| Pookpas | 83 | 1 | / |
| Pookpha | 83 | 1 | / |
| Pookpat | 83 | 1 | / |
| Pakpa | 80 | 204 | / |
| Pokpo | 80 | 14 | / |
| Pokpe | 80 | 12 | / |
| Pukpa | 80 | 6 | / |
| Pogpa | 80 | 2 | / |
| Pokpj | 80 | 1 | / |
| Pockpass | 77 | 52 | / |
| Pookpaya | 77 | 4 | / |
| Pakpah | 73 | 29 | / |
| Poekpe | 73 | 25 | / |
| Pekpay | 73 | 20 | / |
| Pokpeh | 73 | 19 | / |
| Pukpah | 73 | 7 | / |
| Pakpai | 73 | 6 | / |
| Paukpa | 73 | 3 | / |
| Pukpad | 73 | 2 | / |
| Pakpat | 73 | 2 | / |
| Pukpha | 73 | 2 | / |
| Pakpaz | 73 | 2 | / |
| Pakpas | 73 | 2 | / |
| Poukpo | 73 | 1 | / |
| Pokpey | 73 | 1 | / |
| Pakpha | 73 | 1 | / |
| Phakpa | 73 | 1 | / |
| Pokpit | 73 | 1 | / |
| Pookpatch | 71 | 1 | / |
| Phookphat | 71 | 1 | / |
| Phakpha | 67 | 200 | / |
| Phukpha | 67 | 142 | / |
| Pakpaha | 67 | 18 | / |
| Pookpho | 67 | 14 | / |
| Pukpaya | 67 | 9 | / |
| Paukpah | 67 | 7 | / |
| Poukpou | 67 | 6 | / |
| Pookpoo | 67 | 4 | / |
| Peukpat | 67 | 2 | / |
| Poekpeh | 67 | 2 | / |
| Packpas | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pokphet | 67 | 1 | / |
| Phukpat | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pougpap | 67 | 1 | / |
| Poekpeu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Poekpei | 67 | 1 | / |
| Phekpah | 67 | 1 | / |
| Phokpho | 67 | 1 | / |
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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
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- 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 Pokpa
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