Pooda Surname
Approximately 10,898 people bear this surname
Pooda Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burkina Faso | 9,011 | 1:2,037 | 293 |
| Ivory Coast | 1,744 | 1:13,229 | 1,073 |
| Uganda | 118 | 1:330,841 | 22,179 |
| India | 7 | 1:109,580,769 | 786,157 |
| United States | 5 | 1:72,491,787 | 1,102,614 |
| Ghana | 4 | 1:6,755,173 | 15,406 |
| Morocco | 4 | 1:8,619,025 | 73,251 |
| Kenya | 3 | 1:15,393,300 | 77,493 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
Pooda (239) may also be a first name.
Pooda Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Pooda Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Pooda is found most frequently in Burkina Faso. It may also appear as:. For other potential spellings of Pooda click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Pooda? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 47,479th most prevalent last name in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 668,705 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 98 percent of Pooda live; 97 percent live in West Africa and 92 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Pooda is also the 578,640th most widespread first name on earth. It is borne by 239 people.
This surname is most commonly held in Burkina Faso, where it is held by 9,011 people, or 1 in 2,037. In Burkina Faso Pooda is most numerous in: Sud-Ouest Region, where 86 percent live, Hauts-Bassins Region, where 5 percent live and Centre Region, where 4 percent live. Other than Burkina Faso this last name occurs in 9 countries. It is also common in The Ivory Coast, where 16 percent live and Uganda, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Search for Another Surname
The name statistics are still in development, sign up for information on more maps and data
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 Pooda
- 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