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
Gachwe occurs in Kenya more than any other country or territory. It may appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gachwe? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 794,916th most frequently held last name on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 20,586,288 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Gachwe live; 98 percent live in East Africa and 97 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Gachwe is also the 1,116,575th most frequent given name worldwide It is held by 75 people.
This surname is most frequently held in Kenya, where it is borne by 346 people, or 1 in 133,468. In Kenya Gachwe is most prevalent in: Nairobi County, where 29 percent are found, Kiambu County, where 28 percent are found and Nakuru County, where 25 percent are found. Apart from Kenya this last name exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 1 percent are found and The United States, where 1 percent are found.
Gachwe Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the Gachwe surname is principally 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