Pokwana Surname

564,325th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 561 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Pokwana Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Pokwana Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa5591:96,91911,803
England11:55,718,059489,080
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002

Pokwana (20) may also be a first name.

Pokwana Last Name Facts

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

The surname Pokwana occurs in South Africa more than any other country/territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Pokwana? popularity and diffusion

It is the 564,325th most frequently held surname throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 12,990,278 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Pokwana are found; 100 percent are found in Southern Africa and 100 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,446,817th most commonly used first name throughout the world, held by 20 people.

Pokwana is most commonly used in South Africa, where it is carried by 559 people, or 1 in 96,919. In South Africa Pokwana is primarily concentrated in: Eastern Cape, where 60 percent are found, Western Cape, where 16 percent are found and Gauteng, where 12 percent are found. Not including South Africa this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also common in England, where 0 percent are found and Scotland, where 0 percent are found.

Pokwana Last Name Statistics demography

Pokwana earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 53.94% less than the national average, earning R 109,464 per year.

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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 Pokwana
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