Gachima Surname
Approximately 53 people bear this surname
Gachima Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 48 | 1:962,081 | 34,106 |
| United States | 5 | 1:72,491,787 | 1,102,614 |
Gachima Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gachima Come From? nationality or country of origin
Gachima is borne by more people in Kenya than any other country/territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Gachima click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gachima? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 2,661,929th most commonly held surname at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 137,500,866 people. The surname Gachima occurs predominantly in Africa, where 91 percent of Gachima reside; 91 percent reside in East Africa and 91 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.
This surname is most commonly occurring in Kenya, where it is borne by 48 people, or 1 in 962,081. In Kenya Gachima is most numerous in: Nyeri County, where 79 percent live, Kiambu County, where 8 percent live and Nakuru County, where 8 percent live. Beside Kenya this surname is found in one country. It is also found in The United States, where 9 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Search for Another Surname
The name statistics are still in development, sign up for information on more maps and data
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 Gachima
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis