Gachira Surname
Approximately 511 people bear this surname
Gachira Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 381 | 1:121,207 | 10,139 |
| Zimbabwe | 119 | 1:129,733 | 17,214 |
| United States | 6 | 1:60,409,822 | 1,028,827 |
| Canada | 5 | 1:7,369,118 | 289,406 |
Gachira (11) may also be a first name.
Gachira Demographics
Average Gachira Salary in
United States
$45,925 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Gachira Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gachira Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Gachira is more commonly found in Kenya than any other country or territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Gachira? popularity and diffusion
The last name Gachira is the 606,498th most commonly held family name throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 14,261,342 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Gachira live; 75 percent live in East Africa and 74 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Gachira is also the 3,487,849th most frequent first name globally, borne by 11 people.
The last name is most prevalent in Kenya, where it is borne by 381 people, or 1 in 121,207. In Kenya it is most frequent in: Kiambu County, where 33 percent live, Nyeri County, where 28 percent live and Kirinyaga County, where 18 percent live. Barring Kenya Gachira exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in Zimbabwe, where 23 percent live and The United States, where 1 percent live.
Gachira Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the Gachira surname is principally Christian (100%) in Kenya.
Gachira earn somewhat more than the average income. In United States they earn 6.43% more than the national average, earning $45,925 USD per year.
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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 Gachira
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