Wachia Surname
Approximately 825 people bear this surname
Wachia Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 777 | 1:59,434 | 5,845 |
| Cameroon | 38 | 1:546,554 | 42,843 |
| Nigeria | 5 | 1:35,428,552 | 388,973 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Wachia (384) may also be a first name.
Wachia Demographics
Wachia Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Wachia Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wachia Come From? nationality or country of origin
Wachia is carried by more people in Kenya than any other country/territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wachia? popularity and diffusion
It is the 420,458th most common last name throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 8,833,389 people. Wachia occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Wachia reside; 94 percent reside in East Africa and 94 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 442,333rd most frequently used first name throughout the world. It is borne by 384 people.
The last name Wachia is most frequent in Kenya, where it is carried by 777 people, or 1 in 59,434. In Kenya Wachia is most frequent in: Taita Taveta County, where 70 percent live, Mombasa County, where 14 percent live and Kakamega County, where 13 percent live. Not including Kenya this last name is found in 6 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 5 percent live and Nigeria, where 1 percent live.
Wachia Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the Wachia last name 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 Wachia
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