Gachire Surname
Approximately 19 people bear this surname
Gachire Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 14 | 1:3,298,564 | 38,706 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Gachire Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gachire Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Gachire has its highest incidence in Kenya. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Gachire? popularity and diffusion
The last name Gachire is the 4,532,898th most commonly used family name throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 383,555,048 people. The surname Gachire is mostly found in Africa, where 84 percent of Gachire reside; 79 percent reside in East Africa and 74 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.
Gachire is most frequently used in Kenya, where it is held by 14 people, or 1 in 3,298,564. In Kenya it is most numerous in: Kiambu County, where 64 percent live, Muranga County, where 29 percent live and Nakuru County, where 7 percent live. Without taking into account Kenya Gachire occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 16 percent live and Uganda, where 5 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 Gachire
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