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 more commonly found in Kenya than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Wachera? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 137,183rd most numerous family name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 2,229,971 people. The surname occurs mostly 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. It is also the 296,201st most frequently occurring given name worldwide, borne by 768 people.
The last name is most commonly occurring in Kenya, where it is held by 3,219 people, or 1 in 14,346. In Kenya Wachera is most common in: Nyeri County, where 25 percent live, Nairobi County, where 14 percent live and Kiambu County, where 13 percent live. Besides Kenya it is found in 6 countries. It is also common 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 chiefly 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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