Wachekwa Surname

551,387th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 579 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zimbabwe
Highest density in:
Zimbabwe

Wachekwa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wachekwa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zimbabwe5721:26,9904,142
Australia51:5,399,140162,351
Liberia21:2,204,26840,131

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.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Hwachekwa9414/
Wazekwa8027/
Bachekwe751/
Bouchekwa711/
Wazekua6742/
Wajegwa671/
Watsikwa6316/
Waichegue591/
Bacheaque591/
Wojekwe531/
Wazegua531/
Uachique502/
Bachegue501/
Bachigue501/
Uacheque501/

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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 Wachekwa
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