Pwoka Surname
Approximately 82 people bear this surname
Pwoka Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 79 | 1:584,556 | 27,458 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
Pwoka Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Pwoka Come From? nationality or country of origin
Pwoka occurs more in Kenya more than any other country/territory. It may also occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Pwoka click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Pwoka? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 2,075,631st most prevalent surname internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 88,872,511 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Pwoka live; 99 percent live in East Africa and 98 percent live in East Bantu Africa.
Pwoka is most frequently occurring in Kenya, where it is borne by 79 people, or 1 in 584,556. In Kenya Pwoka is most prevalent in: Bungoma County, where 97 percent live, Mombasa County, where 1 percent live and Uasin Gishu County, where 1 percent live. Aside from Kenya it occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Uganda, where 2 percent live and England, where 1 percent live.
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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 Pwoka
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