Wachera Surname
Approximately 3,268 people bear this surname
Wachera Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 3,219 | 1:14,346 | 1,747 |
| Zimbabwe | 44 | 1:350,869 | 33,247 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Wachera (768) may also be a first name.
Wachera Demographics
Wachera Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Wachera Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wachera Come From? nationality or country of origin
Wachera occurs in Kenya more than any other country or territory. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Wachera? popularity and diffusion
It is the 137,183rd most commonly used family name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 2,229,971 people. The last name Wachera is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Wachera are found; 99 percent are found in East Africa and 94 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. Wachera is also the 296,201st most frequent first name worldwide, held by 768 people.
The last name Wachera is most frequently used in Kenya, where it is held by 3,219 people, or 1 in 14,346. In Kenya it is most numerous in: Nyeri County, where 25 percent live, Nairobi County, where 14 percent live and Kiambu County, where 13 percent live. Besides Kenya it occurs in 6 countries. It is also found in Zimbabwe, where 1 percent live and Iceland, where 0 percent live.
Wachera Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the surname is predominantly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
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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 Wachera
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