Wachika Surname

5,587,209th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 12 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zimbabwe
Highest density in:
Zimbabwe

Wachika Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wachika Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zimbabwe91:1,715,36084,476
Zambia21:7,924,96145,994
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543

Wachika Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Wachika Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Wachika occurs more in Zimbabwe more than any other country or territory. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Wachika? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 5,587,209th most prevalent surname world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 607,295,493 people. Wachika occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Wachika are found; 92 percent are found in Southern Africa and 92 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.

Wachika is most commonly used in Zimbabwe, where it is carried by 9 people, or 1 in 1,715,360. In Zimbabwe Wachika is most prevalent in: Manicaland Province, where 78 percent reside, Harare Province, where 11 percent reside and Midlands Province, where 11 percent reside. Without taking into account Zimbabwe it exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Zambia, where 17 percent reside and The DR Congo, where 8 percent reside.

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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
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  • 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 Wachika
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