Wachem Surname

6,723,624th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 8 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tunisia
Highest density in:
Tunisia

Wachem Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wachem Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tunisia51:122,12516,050
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Wachem (60) may also be a first name.

Wachem Last Name Facts

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

The surname Wachem is found most in Tunisia. It may occur as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Wachem? popularity and diffusion

Wachem is the 6,723,624th most numerous surname on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 910,943,240 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 75 percent of Wachem live; 63 percent live in North Africa and 63 percent live in Mahgreb. It is also the 1,270,172nd most frequently used first name world-wide, held by 60 people.

Wachem is most widespread in Tunisia, where it is carried by 5 people, or 1 in 122,125. Not including Tunisia this last name occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in Hong Kong, where 13 percent live and Nigeria, where 13 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Watchem921/
Wahchem921/
Wacem912/
Waicheim864/
Bachem831,346/
Wechem8341/
Wachen8332/
Washem838/
Wachim834/
Wochem833/
Wakhem832/
Wahsem831/
Waceme831/
Waceem831/
Beachem77758/
Washeim7777/
Batchem7751/
Washeem7723/
Wachine7716/
Watchim7713/
Wasshem7713/
Baichem7712/
Baschem773/
Wachien772/
Whachen771/
Washeme771/
Wachime771/
Wakchim771/
Wacheen771/
Washiem770/
Washkem770/
Wasem734,724/
Wakem73794/
Wacim7372/
Wazem7317/
Bacem7311/
Whacheng7129/
Backheim7110/
Waisheim712/
Wadzheem711/
Wachinne711/
Beacheim710/
Wassheim710/
Waschime710/
Waseem67164,156/
Washim672,445/
Bachim671,073/
Wazeem671,033/
Wachin67747/
Wassem67695/
Bochem67387/
Bachen67362/
Washen67283/
Waseme67187/
Waikem6786/
Bashem6784/
Wakeem6766/
Wocheń6764/
Waasem6758/
Wasiem6736/
Wakeam6724/
Wackym6722/
Waqeem6718/
Wakhim6717/
Vachim6717/
Bacheń6717/
Wasgem6713/
Waseim6710/
Waicen678/
Wakeme677/
Wochen677/
Wasemm675/
Wajcen675/
Waseam674/
Vaitcheme674/
Wechim673/
Vechem673/
Vachen673/
Bahkem673/
Wahsim673/
Bachym673/
Wakiem673/
Wahsen672/
Vashem672/
Hwajem671/
Waicym671/
Baqhem671/
Bahqem671/
Baucem671/
Bahgem671/
Woutcheme671/
Vascem671/
Wachyń671/
Vochem671/
Waquem671/
Wattschen670/
Wakemm670/
Whacen670/

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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 Wachem
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