Wachana Surname
Approximately 126 people bear this surname
Wachana Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 105 | 1:439,809 | 23,523 |
| United States | 6 | 1:60,409,822 | 1,028,827 |
| Uganda | 5 | 1:7,807,856 | 134,263 |
| Zambia | 4 | 1:3,962,480 | 38,524 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
Wachana (239) may also be a first name.
Wachana Demographics
Wachana Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Wachana Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wachana Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Wachana is found in Kenya more than any other country or territory. It can also occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wachana? popularity and diffusion
Wachana is the 1,604,449th most widely held surname at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 57,837,666 people. Wachana occurs mostly in Africa, where 90 percent of Wachana reside; 87 percent reside in East Africa and 86 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 578,640th most frequent first name worldwide, held by 239 people.
Wachana is most common in Kenya, where it is held by 105 people, or 1 in 439,809. In Kenya Wachana is most common in: Bungoma County, where 86 percent are found, Trans Nzoia County, where 9 percent are found and Nairobi County, where 4 percent are found. Beside Kenya it is found in 8 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 5 percent are found and Uganda, where 4 percent are found.
Wachana Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the last name is predominantly 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 Wachana
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