Wacheka Surname

4,307,654th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 21 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zimbabwe
Highest density in:
Zimbabwe

Wacheka Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wacheka Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zimbabwe151:1,029,21663,831
Uganda31:13,013,093160,157
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Zambia11:15,849,92253,989

Wacheka Last Name Facts

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

Wacheka is found in Zimbabwe more than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Wacheka? popularity and diffusion

It is the 4,307,654th most commonly held surname at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 347,025,996 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 95 percent of Wacheka are found; 76 percent are found in Southern Africa and 76 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.

This surname is most frequently used in Zimbabwe, where it is held by 15 people, or 1 in 1,029,216. In Zimbabwe it is most common in: Mashonaland West Province, where 87 percent reside, Harare Province, where 7 percent reside and Mashonaland East Province, where 7 percent reside. Not including Zimbabwe it exists in 4 countries. It is also common in Uganda, where 14 percent reside and India, where 5 percent reside.

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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 Wacheka
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