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
Gachira Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Gachira Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gachira Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Gachira is borne by more people in Kenya than any other country/territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Gachira? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 606,498th most frequently occurring last name worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 14,261,342 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 98 percent of Gachira reside; 75 percent reside in East Africa and 74 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. Gachira is also the 3,487,849th most commonly used first name worldwide It is held by 11 people.
The surname is most commonly occurring in Kenya, where it is held by 381 people, or 1 in 121,207. In Kenya it is primarily concentrated in: Kiambu County, where 33 percent reside, Nyeri County, where 28 percent reside and Kirinyaga County, where 18 percent reside. Excluding Kenya it exists in 3 countries. It is also common in Zimbabwe, where 23 percent reside and The United States, where 1 percent reside.
Gachira Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the last name is primarily 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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