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
The surname Wachera is most common in Kenya. It may appear as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wachera? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 137,183rd most numerous family name in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 2,229,971 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Wachera reside; 99 percent reside in East Africa and 94 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. Wachera is also the 296,201st most widespread first name worldwide It is held by 768 people.
This surname is most commonly occurring in Kenya, where it is held by 3,219 people, or 1 in 14,346. In Kenya Wachera is most prevalent in: Nyeri County, where 25 percent reside, Nairobi County, where 14 percent reside and Kiambu County, where 13 percent reside. Besides Kenya this surname occurs in 6 countries. It is also found in Zimbabwe, where 1 percent reside and Iceland, where 0 percent reside.
Wachera Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the Wachera surname is principally 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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