Wachan Surname
Approximately 80 people bear this surname
Wachan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 24 | 1:865,378 | 58,754 |
| India | 19 | 1:40,371,862 | 445,856 |
| France | 14 | 1:4,744,480 | 251,814 |
| Uganda | 12 | 1:3,253,273 | 85,117 |
| Nigeria | 7 | 1:25,306,108 | 327,793 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 4 | 1:6,093,842 | 135,151 |
Wachan (54) may also be a first name.
Wachan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wachan Come From? nationality or country of origin
Wachan (Hindi: वचन, Marathi: वचन) occurs most in Cameroon. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Wachan? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 2,106,139th most numerous family name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 91,094,324 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 58 percent of Wachan live; 30 percent live in Central Africa and 30 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,350,955th most frequently occurring given name worldwide It is held by 54 people.
This last name is most prevalent in Cameroon, where it is carried by 24 people, or 1 in 865,378. In Cameroon it is primarily concentrated in: Northwest Region, where 96 percent live and Southwest Region, where 4 percent live. Besides Cameroon it occurs in 8 countries. It is also found in India, where 24 percent live and France, where 18 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Wachan Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Wachan in the Hindi language | ||
| वचन | vacana | 83.33 |
| वाच्हन | vac'hana | 16.67 |
| Wachan in the Marathi language | ||
| वचन | vacana | 75 |
| वाचन | vacana | 25 |
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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
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- 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 Wachan
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