Wachir Surname
Approximately 12 people bear this surname
Wachir Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 8 | 1:5,772,488 | 50,256 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Wachir Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wachir Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Wachir occurs in Kenya more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wachir? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 5,587,209th most commonly occurring last name at a global level It is held by around 1 in 607,295,493 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 75 percent of Wachir are found; 75 percent are found in East Africa and 75 percent are found in East Bantu Africa.
This surname is most commonly held in Kenya, where it is borne by 8 people, or 1 in 5,772,488. In Kenya Wachir is mostly found in: Nyandarua County, where 50 percent reside and Trans Nzoia County, where 50 percent reside. Besides Kenya it is found in 2 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 25 percent reside and Uganda, 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
- 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 Wachir
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