Pokuwa Surname
Approximately 5 people bear this surname
Pokuwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 4 | 1:2,038,429 | 140,827 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Pokuwa (6) may also be a first name.
Pokuwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Pokuwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Pokuwa occurs in Papua New Guinea more than any other country or territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Pokuwa? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 8,193,072nd most commonly held surname worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. The last name occurs mostly in Oceania, where 80 percent of Pokuwa reside; 80 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 80 percent reside in Papuan Oceania. Pokuwa is also the 4,967,096th most prevalent first name worldwide It is held by 6 people.
The last name Pokuwa is most prevalent in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 4 people, or 1 in 2,038,429. In Papua New Guinea Pokuwa is mostly found in: Bougainville, where 100 percent reside. Besides Papua New Guinea this last name is found in one country. It is also found in South Africa, where 20 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pokuwai | 92 | 864 | / |
| Pokuwaa | 92 | 2 | / |
| Ppokuwai | 86 | 2 | / |
| Pukuwa | 83 | 10 | / |
| Pakuwa | 83 | 9 | / |
| Pokiwa | 83 | 1 | / |
| Pokuwe | 83 | 1 | / |
| Pokuweh | 77 | 18 | / |
| Pockuba | 77 | 15 | / |
| Pakouwa | 77 | 5 | / |
| Pokuswi | 77 | 5 | / |
| Pakuwai | 77 | 5 | / |
| Pokowai | 77 | 3 | / |
| Pakuswa | 77 | 2 | / |
| Phokuwe | 77 | 1 | / |
| Pukujwa | 77 | 1 | / |
| Pokouba | 77 | 1 | / |
| Pakuwah | 77 | 1 | / |
| Poukouwaya | 75 | 9 | / |
| Phukujwa | 71 | 4 | / |
| Paskuwat | 71 | 1 | / |
| Pokuwehe | 71 | 1 | / |
| Pekuva | 67 | 48 | / |
| Pakiwa | 67 | 38 | / |
| Pekiwa | 67 | 11 | / |
| Pakuwi | 67 | 8 | / |
| Pakuwe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Phukushwa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pukuva | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pokube | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pakuva | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pokiva | 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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- 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 Pokuwa
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