Gachwe Surname
Approximately 354 people bear this surname
Gachwe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 346 | 1:133,468 | 10,942 |
| Nigeria | 4 | 1:44,285,690 | 437,567 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Gachwe (75) may also be a first name.
Gachwe Demographics
Gachwe Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Gachwe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gachwe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Gachwe has its highest incidence in Kenya. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Gachwe? popularity and diffusion
The last name Gachwe is the 794,916th most frequently used family name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 20,586,288 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Gachwe are found; 98 percent are found in East Africa and 97 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. Gachwe is also the 1,116,575th most common first name internationally, held by 75 people.
This surname is most frequently occurring in Kenya, where it is held by 346 people, or 1 in 133,468. In Kenya it is mostly found in: Nairobi County, where 29 percent live, Kiambu County, where 28 percent live and Nakuru County, where 25 percent live. Apart from Kenya it is found in 4 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 1 percent live and The United States, where 1 percent live.
Gachwe Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the last name is primarily Christian (100%) in Kenya.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gacwe | 91 | 10 | / |
| Gachw | 91 | 2 | / |
| Gachue | 83 | 7 | / |
| Gashwe | 83 | 4 | / |
| Gatchue | 77 | 10 | / |
| Gachoue | 77 | 2 | / |
| Ngashwe | 77 | 1 | / |
| Gaschwa | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ngachue | 77 | 1 | / |
| Gaichwa | 77 | 1 | / |
| Gachuez | 77 | 1 | / |
| Gaswe | 73 | 45 | / |
| Gajwe | 73 | 8 | / |
| Gacwa | 73 | 5 | / |
| Gazwe | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ngachuea | 71 | 367 | / |
| Gachuhie | 71 | 4 | / |
| Gaicuhie | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kgathswe | 71 | 1 | / |
| Gachui | 67 | 2,565 | / |
| Kgaswe | 67 | 538 | / |
| Gajbhe | 67 | 293 | / |
| Goshwe | 67 | 187 | / |
| Ngaswe | 67 | 41 | / |
| Gacuhi | 67 | 5 | / |
| Gochue | 67 | 3 | / |
| Gazweu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gajhbe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gashwa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gaschuetz | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gaajwe | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Gachwe
- 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