Family name Покорни (Pokorny 
, Покорни 
) , around the globe, is a common cognomen. The last name Покорни is habitual in Czechia, where it is quite a common surname, Slovakia, and Austria. Measured by absolute frequency, it is the most numerous in Czechia, the United States, and Germany. Much less frequently, Покорни is the forename as well as the last name.