Wacharo Surname

726,304th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 400 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Wacharo Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wacharo Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya3991:115,7399,794
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Wacharo (128) may also be a first name.

Wacharo Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Wacharo Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Wacharo has its highest incidence in Kenya. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Wacharo click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Wacharo? popularity and diffusion

Wacharo is the 726,304th most frequently used family name in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 18,218,865 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Wacharo are found; 100 percent are found in East Africa and 100 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. Wacharo is also the 821,896th most prevalent given name worldwide. It is borne by 128 people.

This last name is most frequently used in Kenya, where it is carried by 399 people, or 1 in 115,739. In Kenya Wacharo is most numerous in: Taita Taveta County, where 72 percent live, Mombasa County, where 27 percent live and Kwale County, where 0 percent live. Outside of Kenya this last name occurs in one country. It is also found in The United States, where 0 percent live.

Wacharo Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those carrying the Wacharo last name is primarily 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 Wacharo
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