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
The last name Wachekwa is held by more people in Zimbabwe than any other country/territory. It can appear as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wachekwa? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 551,387th most numerous last name on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 12,586,435 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Wachekwa reside; 99 percent reside in Southern Africa and 99 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,807,719th most common first name worldwide, held by 33 people.
The last name is most common in Zimbabwe, where it is borne by 572 people, or 1 in 26,990. In Zimbabwe Wachekwa is mostly found in: Mashonaland West Province, where 41 percent are found, Midlands Province, where 38 percent are found and Harare Province, where 11 percent are found. Outside of Zimbabwe it exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Australia, where 1 percent are found and Liberia, where 0 percent are found.
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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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