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 more in Lesotho more than any other country or territory. It may also appear as:. Click here for other potential spellings of Pooka.
How Common Is The Last Name Pooka? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,471,719th most frequently occurring family name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 50,607,958 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 83 percent of Pooka reside; 48 percent reside in Southern Africa and 48 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Pooka is also the 1,525,482nd most frequently occurring first name in the world, held by 44 people.
The last name is most prevalent in Lesotho, where it is held by 69 people, or 1 in 29,457. In Lesotho it is mostly concentrated in: Leribe District, where 97 percent live, Maseru District, where 1 percent live and Thaba-Tseka District, where 1 percent live. Without taking into account Lesotho it occurs in 12 countries. It is also common in Uganda, where 33 percent live and The United States, where 6 percent live.
Pooka Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Pooka has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Pooka surname increased 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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