Pokwo Surname

4,427,875th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 20 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Cameroon
Highest density in:
Cameroon

Pokwo Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Pokwo Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Cameroon191:1,093,10967,608
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Pokwo Last Name Facts

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

The surname Pokwo is more commonly found in Cameroon than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Pokwo? popularity and diffusion

Pokwo is the 4,427,875th most frequently occurring family name on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 364,377,296 people. The surname Pokwo occurs mostly in Africa, where 95 percent of Pokwo live; 95 percent live in Central Africa and 95 percent live in Central Bantu Africa.

This surname is most widely held in Cameroon, where it is borne by 19 people, or 1 in 1,093,109. In Cameroon Pokwo is most prevalent in: Centre Region, where 84 percent live, Littoral Region, where 5 percent live and South Region, where 5 percent live. Other than Cameroon it exists in one country. It also occurs in The United States, where 5 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Pongkwo831/
Pokwa80118/
Pakwo8048/
Pekwo8038/
Pocwo802/
Pokuo801/
Pockwood770/
Potkwood770/
Pokwas73141/
Pokwap7354/
Podkwa736/
Ponkwa733/
Puikwo731/
Pokwat731/
Peckwo731/
Peukwo731/
Puskwot671/
Phokwah671/
Phonkwa671/
Pokwaas671/
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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 Pokwo
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