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 is borne by more people in Lesotho than any other country/territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Pooka? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,471,719th most prevalent last name internationally, borne by around 1 in 50,607,958 people. This 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 common given name internationally, held by 44 people.
It is most prevalent in Lesotho, where it is carried by 69 people, or 1 in 29,457. In Lesotho it is most numerous in: Leribe District, where 97 percent reside, Maseru District, where 1 percent reside and Thaba-Tseka District, where 1 percent reside. Excluding Lesotho Pooka exists in 12 countries. It is also found in Uganda, where 33 percent reside and The United States, where 6 percent reside.
Pooka Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Pooka has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the 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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