Wachekwa Surname
Approximately 579 people bear this surname
Wachekwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 572 | 1:26,990 | 4,142 |
| Australia | 5 | 1:5,399,140 | 162,351 |
| Liberia | 2 | 1:2,204,268 | 40,131 |
Wachekwa (33) may also be a first name.
Wachekwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wachekwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Wachekwa is borne by more people in Zimbabwe than any other country/territory. It may be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wachekwa? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 551,387th most widely held family name globally, borne by approximately 1 in 12,586,435 people. The last name Wachekwa is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Wachekwa live; 99 percent live in Southern Africa and 99 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,807,719th most numerous first name worldwide, held by 33 people.
This last name is most frequently used in Zimbabwe, where it is carried by 572 people, or 1 in 26,990. In Zimbabwe it is most common in: Mashonaland West Province, where 41 percent reside, Midlands Province, where 38 percent reside and Harare Province, where 11 percent reside. Not including Zimbabwe this surname is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Australia, where 1 percent reside and Liberia, where 0 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
- 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 Wachekwa
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