Wacheke Surname

209,713th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,970 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Wacheke Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wacheke Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya1,9641:23,5132,669
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Wacheke (315) may also be a first name.

Wacheke Last Name Facts

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

The surname Wacheke is held by more people in Kenya than any other country or territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Wacheke? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 209,713th most prevalent family name on earth, held by approximately 1 in 3,699,262 people. The last name Wacheke occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Wacheke live; 100 percent live in East Africa and 99 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Wacheke is also the 494,917th most frequent first name at a global level, held by 315 people.

Wacheke is most commonly used in Kenya, where it is carried by 1,964 people, or 1 in 23,513. In Kenya Wacheke is primarily found in: Nairobi County, where 21 percent live, Nakuru County, where 15 percent live and Kiambu County, where 15 percent live. Excluding Kenya it occurs in 6 countries. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 0 percent live and Canada, where 0 percent live.

Wacheke Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those carrying the Wacheke surname is primarily Christian (99%) 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 Wacheke
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