Pooka Surname
Approximately 144 people bear this surname
Pooka Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lesotho | 69 | 1:29,457 | 5,623 |
| Uganda | 48 | 1:813,318 | 38,363 |
| United States | 8 | 1:45,307,367 | 917,113 |
| Thailand | 6 | 1:11,773,058 | 553,295 |
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | 1:580,029 | 22,243 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 7 | 1:7,174,098 | 302,835 |
Pooka (44) may also be a first name.
Pooka Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Pooka Come From? nationality or country of origin
Pooka occurs in Lesotho more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Pooka? popularity and diffusion
The last name Pooka is the 1,471,719th most commonly used last name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 50,607,958 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 83 percent of Pooka live; 48 percent live in Southern Africa and 48 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Pooka is also the 1,525,482nd most commonly used first name on earth It is held by 44 people.
Pooka is most numerous in Lesotho, where it is held by 69 people, or 1 in 29,457. In Lesotho Pooka is primarily concentrated in: Leribe District, where 97 percent live, Maseru District, where 1 percent live and Thaba-Tseka District, where 1 percent live. Beside Lesotho this surname is found in 12 countries. It also occurs in Uganda, where 33 percent live and The United States, where 6 percent live.
Pooka Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Pooka has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Pooka last name rose 114 percent between 1880 and 2014.
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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 Pooka
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