Pokwas Surname
Approximately 141 people bear this surname
Pokwas Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 141 | 1:384,239 | 34,295 |
Pokwas Demographics
Average Pokwas Salary in
South Africa
R 69,960
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Pokwas Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Pokwas Come From? nationality or country of origin
Pokwas occurs more in South Africa more than any other country or territory. It may also be found as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Pokwas? popularity and diffusion
Pokwas is the 1,491,356th most prevalent surname on earth, borne by around 1 in 51,684,723 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Pokwas reside; 100 percent reside in Southern Africa and 100 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.
This last name is most frequently used in South Africa, where it is carried by 141 people, or 1 in 384,239. In South Africa Pokwas is most common in: Western Cape, where 92 percent reside, Gauteng, where 7 percent reside and KwaZulu-Natal, where 1 percent reside.
Pokwas Last Name Statistics demography
Pokwas earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 70.56% less than the national average, earning R 69,960 per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pokwaas | 92 | 1 | / |
| Pokwa | 91 | 118 | / |
| Pokwap | 83 | 54 | / |
| Podkwa | 83 | 6 | / |
| Ponkwa | 83 | 3 | / |
| Pokwat | 83 | 1 | / |
| Phokwah | 77 | 1 | / |
| Phonkwa | 77 | 1 | / |
| Pookwai | 77 | 1 | / |
| Peckwas | 77 | 1 | / |
| Pokua | 73 | 3,899 | / |
| Pogwa | 73 | 456 | / |
| Pakwa | 73 | 144 | / |
| Pocwa | 73 | 24 | / |
| Pokwo | 73 | 20 | / |
| Pokuaa | 67 | 8,124 | / |
| Phakwa | 67 | 50 | / |
| Pakwai | 67 | 28 | / |
| Paakwa | 67 | 8 | / |
| Pokuay | 67 | 2 | / |
| Pakwat | 67 | 1 | / |
| Phogwa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pogbas | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pukuas | 67 | 1 | / |
| Padkwa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Peukwa | 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
- 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 Pokwas
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis