Wachin Surname
Approximately 747 people bear this surname
Wachin Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 740 | 1:239,382 | 13,907 |
| Thailand | 4 | 1:17,659,586 | 685,799 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 7 | 1:7,174,098 | 302,835 |
Wachin (142) may also be a first name.
Wachin Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wachin Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Wachin is found most frequently in Nigeria. It may occur as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Wachin? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 453,909th most common family name on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 9,755,751 people. The surname Wachin is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Wachin are found; 99 percent are found in West Africa and 99 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 775,413th most widely held first name internationally, borne by 142 people.
It is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 740 people, or 1 in 239,382. In Nigeria it is most numerous in: Benue, where 75 percent live, Niger, where 14 percent live and Taraba, where 9 percent live. Not including Nigeria this last name is found in 4 countries. It is also found in Thailand, where 1 percent live and Japan, where 0 percent live.
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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 Wachin
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