Pomolo Surname

1,817,111th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 103 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Pomolo Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Pomolo Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa491:1,105,66765,349
Papua New Guinea481:169,86923,574
Indonesia31:44,083,065698,220
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
Uruguay11:3,431,75838,295

The alternate forms: Pómolo (1) are calculated separately.

Pomolo (11) may also be a first name.

Pomolo Last Name Facts

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

Pomolo is more commonly found in South Africa than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms: Pómolo. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Pomolo? popularity and diffusion

The last name Pomolo is the 1,817,111th most numerous family name worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 70,752,873 people. Pomolo is mostly found in Africa, where 49 percent of Pomolo live; 48 percent live in Southern Africa and 48 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 3,487,849th most commonly held given name on earth It is held by 11 people.

It is most widely held in South Africa, where it is held by 49 people, or 1 in 1,105,667. In South Africa it is primarily concentrated in: Eastern Cape, where 69 percent reside, North West, where 16 percent reside and KwaZulu-Natal, where 8 percent reside. Apart from South Africa this surname exists in 5 countries. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 47 percent reside and Indonesia, where 3 percent reside.

Pomolo Last Name Statistics demography

Pomolo earn somewhat less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 11.87% less than the national average, earning R 209,424 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Pómolo941/
Phomolo92226/
Pomotlo921/
Pomoilio861/
Pomalo83122/
Pomelo8328/
Pamolo837/
Pomulo836/
Pomola833/
Pomaloy77202/
Poimalo7742/
Pomaalo7719/
Phomola7716/
Pomaloh777/
Poymalo775/
Pamoloh774/
Poimola774/
Pemollo771/
Pamolou771/
Pomgola771/
Phumolo771/
Pommelo770/
Pomaloha711/
Pumulo678,405/
Pamotillo67380/
Pumalo67266/
Pamulo67212/
Pomala67175/
Pomela67166/
Pamelo6753/
Pamalo6744/
Pamola6732/
Pomula6715/
Pemalo671/
Phommalot671/
Pomoła671/

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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 Pomolo
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