Mwachia Surname
Approximately 1,966 people bear this surname
Mwachia Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 1,954 | 1:23,634 | 2,680 |
| England | 4 | 1:13,929,515 | 290,718 |
| Tanzania | 3 | 1:17,647,204 | 107,932 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Mwachia (400) may also be a first name.
Mwachia Demographics
Mwachia Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Mwachia Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mwachia Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Mwachia is more commonly found in Kenya than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of Mwachia.
How Common Is The Last Name Mwachia? popularity and diffusion
The last name Mwachia is the 210,038th most widely held surname on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 3,706,788 people. The last name Mwachia occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mwachia reside; 100 percent reside in East Africa and 99 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 431,593rd most prevalent given name on earth It is held by 400 people.
The last name is most commonly held in Kenya, where it is held by 1,954 people, or 1 in 23,634. In Kenya Mwachia is most common in: Taita Taveta County, where 66 percent are found, Mombasa County, where 17 percent are found and Kwale County, where 7 percent are found. Excluding Kenya this last name exists in 6 countries. It also occurs in England, where 0 percent are found and Tanzania, where 0 percent are found.
Mwachia Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the Mwachia last name is predominantly Christian (96%) 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 Mwachia
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