Wachie Surname
Approximately 832 people bear this surname
Wachie Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 802 | 1:57,581 | 5,697 |
| Cameroon | 23 | 1:903,003 | 60,285 |
| Liberia | 2 | 1:2,204,268 | 40,131 |
| Yemen | 2 | 1:13,212,647 | 40,633 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Wachie (169) may also be a first name.
Wachie Demographics
Wachie Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Wachie Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wachie Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Wachie has its highest incidence in Kenya. It may also be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wachie? popularity and diffusion
The last name Wachie is the 417,776th most prevalent family name worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 8,759,070 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Wachie live; 96 percent live in East Africa and 96 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Wachie is also the 703,581st most commonly used first name in the world, held by 169 people.
This surname is most widely held in Kenya, where it is borne by 802 people, or 1 in 57,581. In Kenya it is primarily concentrated in: Bungoma County, where 56 percent reside, Trans Nzoia County, where 32 percent reside and Nairobi County, where 10 percent reside. Not including Kenya it occurs in 6 countries. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 3 percent reside and Liberia, where 0 percent reside.
Wachie 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 Wachie
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