Pookar Surname
Approximately 7 people bear this surname
Pookar Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
| Malaysia | 3 | 1:9,831,408 | 269,765 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
Pookar (7) may also be a first name.
Pookar Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Pookar Come From? nationality or country of origin
Pookar (Hindi: पूकार, Marathi: पोकार) is found in India more than any other country or territory. It may appear as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Pookar? popularity and diffusion
Pookar is the 7,117,718th most widely held family name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. This last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 100 percent of Pookar live; 57 percent live in South Asia and 43 percent live in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 4,548,448th most commonly occurring first name in the world, held by 7 people.
The surname is most frequent in India, where it is borne by 3 people, or 1 in 255,688,461. In India Pookar is mostly found in: Maharashtra, where 33 percent reside and Uttar Pradesh, where 33 percent reside. Other than India this surname exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Malaysia, where 43 percent reside and Pakistan, where 14 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Pookar Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Pookar in the Hindi language | ||
| पूकार | pukara | - |
| Pookar in the Marathi language | ||
| पोकार | pokara | - |
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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 Pookar
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