Wachepa Surname
Approximately 795 people bear this surname
Wachepa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 758 | 1:22,585 | 3,433 |
| Zambia | 18 | 1:880,551 | 28,935 |
| Zimbabwe | 12 | 1:1,286,520 | 73,455 |
| Kenya | 4 | 1:11,544,975 | 62,419 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Wachepa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wachepa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Wachepa is found most in Malawi. It can also appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wachepa? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 432,755th most frequent last name world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 9,166,724 people. Wachepa is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Wachepa reside; 99 percent reside in Southern Africa and 99 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.
The last name is most frequent in Malawi, where it is borne by 758 people, or 1 in 22,585. Without taking into account Malawi this last name exists in 5 countries. It also occurs in Zambia, where 2 percent reside and Zimbabwe, where 2 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wachapa | 86 | 449 | / |
| Wachipa | 86 | 79 | / |
| Wachepe | 86 | 4 | / |
| Watchipa | 80 | 392 | / |
| Wachapea | 80 | 197 | / |
| Wuachapa | 80 | 1 | / |
| Wakepa | 77 | 52 | / |
| Wasepa | 77 | 8 | / |
| Wacipa | 77 | 1 | / |
| Baichepay | 75 | 1 | / |
| Wachipaia | 75 | 1 | / |
| Wachapá | 71 | 2 | / |
| Bachipa | 71 | 1 | / |
| Wachipe | 71 | 1 | / |
| Washipa | 71 | 1 | / |
| Vacihpa | 71 | 1 | / |
| Watshipa | 67 | 513 | / |
| Huachapa | 67 | 330 | / |
| Vachapai | 67 | 13 | / |
| Vachippa | 67 | 5 | / |
| Huachipa | 67 | 3 | / |
| Vachipat | 67 | 1 | / |
| Bachippa | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Wachepa
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