Gachura Surname
Approximately 99 people bear this surname
Gachura Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 97 | 1:476,081 | 24,779 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Gachura Demographics
Gachura Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Gachura Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gachura Come From? nationality or country of origin
Gachura has its highest incidence in Kenya. It may also appear as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Gachura? popularity and diffusion
The last name Gachura is the 1,860,621st most frequently used family name throughout the world, held by around 1 in 73,611,575 people. The last name Gachura is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Gachura live; 98 percent live in East Africa and 98 percent live in East Bantu Africa.
The surname Gachura is most widely held in Kenya, where it is held by 97 people, or 1 in 476,081. In Kenya it is most prevalent in: Nyeri County, where 89 percent live, Kiambu County, where 4 percent live and Kirinyaga County, where 4 percent live. Excluding Kenya it occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in England, where 1 percent live and Zimbabwe, where 1 percent live.
Gachura Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the last name is principally Christian (100%) in Kenya.
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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 Gachura
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