Wachira Surname
Approximately 78,982 people bear this surname
Wachira Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 75,169 | 1:614 | 88 |
| Sudan | 2,800 | 1:13,396 | 1,853 |
| United States | 333 | 1:1,088,465 | 79,042 |
| Ghana | 277 | 1:97,548 | 9,187 |
| Thailand | 97 | 1:728,230 | 119,953 |
| United Arab Emirates | 75 | 1:122,164 | 10,258 |
| England | 42 | 1:1,326,620 | 59,571 |
| Uganda | 38 | 1:1,027,349 | 44,109 |
| Rwanda | 16 | 1:710,311 | 2,071 |
| Tanzania | 15 | 1:3,529,441 | 50,903 |
| Iceland | 15 | 1:25,339 | 1,935 |
| Canada | 11 | 1:3,349,599 | 180,238 |
| Australia | 8 | 1:3,374,463 | 124,818 |
| Sweden | 8 | 1:1,230,845 | 90,587 |
| Poland | 7 | 1:5,429,821 | 146,768 |
| Qatar | 6 | 1:393,000 | 55,922 |
| China | 5 | 1:273,464,313 | 13,838 |
| Mauritius | 4 | 1:323,354 | 10,053 |
| Switzerland | 4 | 1:2,053,229 | 97,179 |
| South Africa | 4 | 1:13,544,426 | 222,367 |
| Saudi Arabia | 4 | 1:7,713,954 | 37,548 |
| Sierra Leone | 4 | 1:1,772,408 | 958 |
| Norway | 3 | 1:1,714,095 | 79,528 |
| Afghanistan | 3 | 1:10,717,728 | 35,605 |
| Germany | 3 | 1:26,835,153 | 452,368 |
| Wales | 3 | 1:1,031,511 | 34,732 |
| Mexico | 2 | 1:62,063,102 | 83,384 |
| Italy | 2 | 1:30,578,344 | 160,757 |
| Greece | 2 | 1:5,539,895 | 129,142 |
| Finland | 2 | 1:2,748,351 | 72,663 |
| Sri Lanka | 1 | 1:20,808,560 | 18,521 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 1 | 1:1,363,975 | 22,013 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Puerto Rico | 1 | 1:3,550,139 | 9,109 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Namibia | 1 | 1:2,409,401 | 19,676 |
| Mozambique | 1 | 1:27,261,569 | 7,432 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Lesotho | 1 | 1:2,032,558 | 23,402 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Chad | 1 | 1:13,592,199 | 13,092 |
| Bahrain | 1 | 1:1,348,608 | 10,432 |
Wachira (41,445) may also be a first name.
Wachira Demographics
Wachira Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Wachira Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wachira Come From? nationality or country of origin
Wachira is carried by more people in Kenya than any other country/territory. It may be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wachira? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 7,186th most widely held surname on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 92,268 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Wachira are found; 95 percent are found in East Africa and 90 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 21,602nd most common first name internationally. It is borne by 41,445 people.
This last name is most frequent in Kenya, where it is carried by 75,169 people, or 1 in 614. In Kenya Wachira is mostly found in: Nyeri County, where 23 percent are found, Kirinyaga County, where 13 percent are found and Nairobi County, where 12 percent are found. Aside from Kenya Wachira occurs in 49 countries. It also occurs in Sudan, where 4 percent are found and The United States, where 0 percent are found.
Wachira Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the Wachira surname is chiefly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
In The United States those holding the Wachira surname are 43.54% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 96.77% registered to vote for the party.
Wachira earn somewhat less than the average income. In United States they earn 9.97% less than the national average, earning $38,849 USD per year.
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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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- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
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