Pokrywa Surname

623,516th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 492 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Poland
Highest density in:
Isle of Man

Pokrywa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Pokrywa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Poland2871:132,43519,341
United States1031:3,519,019197,606
Thailand591:1,197,260174,557
Canada361:1,023,48976,466
France31:22,140,907385,998
England21:27,859,030389,889
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Isle of Man11:85,8224,091

Pokrywa Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Pokrywa Come From? nationality or country of origin

Pokrywa is found most in Poland. It may occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Pokrywa? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 623,516th most common surname in the world It is held by around 1 in 14,812,085 people. Pokrywa is mostly found in Europe, where 60 percent of Pokrywa live; 58 percent live in Eastern Europe and 58 percent live in West Slavic Europe.

The surname Pokrywa is most frequent in Poland, where it is held by 287 people, or 1 in 132,435. Beside Poland Pokrywa occurs in 7 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 21 percent live and Thailand, where 12 percent live.

Pokrywa Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Pokrywa last name are 1.71% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 51.52% registered with the party.

The amount Pokrywa earn in different countries varies notably. In United States they earn 33.56% more than the national average, earning $57,631 USD per year and in Canada they earn 9.4% more than the national average, earning $54,353 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Pokrzywa931,365/
Pokrywha931/
Pokroywa931/
Pokriwa861/
Pokryvač8012/
Pakrzywa807/
Pokrzyva803/
Pokriva7140/
Pokrivač67271/
Pokrývač672/
Pokreeva672/
Pokryvets6310/
Pocreva5717/
Pakriva571/
Pakreeva53138/
Pakrieva5362/
Pakhrieva505/
Pushkreva501/

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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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  • 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 Pokrywa
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