Poku Surname
Approximately 28,278 people bear this surname
Poku Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ghana | 26,392 | 1:1,024 | 165 |
| United States | 694 | 1:522,275 | 43,598 |
| England | 503 | 1:110,771 | 11,442 |
| Papua New Guinea | 139 | 1:58,660 | 7,509 |
| Nigeria | 123 | 1:1,440,185 | 55,603 |
| Canada | 109 | 1:338,033 | 30,736 |
| Indonesia | 108 | 1:1,224,530 | 86,214 |
| Germany | 29 | 1:2,776,050 | 134,833 |
| Belgium | 25 | 1:459,866 | 46,150 |
| Netherlands | 16 | 1:1,055,448 | 66,951 |
| India | 11 | 1:69,733,217 | 610,955 |
| South Africa | 10 | 1:5,417,770 | 150,016 |
| Hungary | 9 | 1:1,090,697 | 49,203 |
| Malaysia | 9 | 1:3,277,136 | 121,952 |
| Egypt | 9 | 1:10,215,084 | 48,153 |
| Denmark | 9 | 1:627,191 | 36,734 |
| Liberia | 7 | 1:629,791 | 27,063 |
| Norway | 7 | 1:734,612 | 50,907 |
| Sweden | 6 | 1:1,641,126 | 116,183 |
| Switzerland | 6 | 1:1,368,819 | 77,571 |
| Zimbabwe | 6 | 1:2,573,040 | 106,478 |
| Italy | 5 | 1:12,231,338 | 126,430 |
| Brazil | 5 | 1:42,814,866 | 547,158 |
| Russia | 4 | 1:36,030,764 | 577,589 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Albania | 3 | 1:971,352 | 22,477 |
| Thailand | 3 | 1:23,546,115 | 908,588 |
| Finland | 3 | 1:1,832,234 | 57,803 |
| France | 3 | 1:22,140,907 | 385,998 |
| Ukraine | 2 | 1:22,761,348 | 425,733 |
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
| Ivory Coast | 2 | 1:11,535,616 | 61,806 |
| Scotland | 2 | 1:2,676,908 | 51,579 |
| Australia | 2 | 1:13,497,850 | 222,987 |
| Ireland | 2 | 1:2,354,470 | 19,715 |
| Northern Ireland | 1 | 1:1,845,036 | 20,648 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Equatorial Guinea | 1 | 1:1,135,674 | 984 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Gambia | 1 | 1:1,923,451 | 1,043 |
The alternate forms: Pökü (2) are calculated separately.
Poku (4,472) may also be a first name.
Poku Demographics
Average Poku Salary in
United States
$42,739 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Poku Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Poku Come From? nationality or country of origin
Poku (Hindi: पोकू, Marathi: पोकु, Oriya: େପାକୁ, Russian: Поку) is most common in Ghana. It can also be rendered as: Pökü. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Poku? popularity and diffusion
Poku is the 19,401st most numerous last name on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 257,711 people. The surname Poku occurs predominantly in Africa, where 94 percent of Poku live; 94 percent live in West Africa and 94 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 102,960th most commonly held first name throughout the world, held by 4,472 people.
Poku is most widely held in Ghana, where it is held by 26,392 people, or 1 in 1,024. Besides Ghana this surname exists in 43 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 2 percent live and England, where 2 percent live.
Poku Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Poku last name are 40.89% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 94.12% registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Poku earn in different countries varies markedly. In South Africa they earn 44.29% less than the national average, earning R 132,396 per year; in United States they earn 0.95% less than the national average, earning $42,739 USD per year and in Canada they earn 9.05% less than the national average, earning $45,185 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Poku Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Poku in the Oriya language | ||
| େପାକୁ | epaku | - |
| Poku in the Hindi language | ||
| पोकू | poku | 80 |
| पोकु | poku | 20 |
| Poku in the Marathi language | ||
| पोकु | poku | 55.56 |
| पोकू | poku | 44.44 |
| Poku in the Russian language | ||
| Поку | poku | - |
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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 Poku
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