Wachila Surname
Approximately 248 people bear this surname
Wachila Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 239 | 1:66,318 | 5,872 |
| Ethiopia | 4 | 1:24,386,566 | 19,165 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Mozambique | 1 | 1:27,261,569 | 7,432 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Wachila (31) may also be a first name.
Wachila Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wachila Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Wachila (Marathi: वाचीला, Oriya: ୱାଚିଲା) is more commonly found in Zambia than any other country/territory. It may occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Wachila click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wachila? popularity and diffusion
Wachila is the 1,020,242nd most widely held family name internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 29,385,266 people. The last name Wachila is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Wachila are found; 97 percent are found in Southern Africa and 96 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,874,099th most prevalent first name on earth. It is borne by 31 people.
This surname is most widely held in Zambia, where it is carried by 239 people, or 1 in 66,318. In Zambia it is primarily concentrated in: Southern Province, where 41 percent live, Western Province, where 26 percent live and Lusaka Province, where 19 percent live. Beside Zambia this last name occurs in 6 countries. It is also common in Ethiopia, where 2 percent live and Israel, where 0 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Wachila Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Wachila in the Oriya language | ||
| ୱାଚିଲା | wacila | - |
| Wachila in the Marathi language | ||
| वाचीला | vacila | - |
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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 Wachila
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