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
The last name Wachira is held by more people in Kenya than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Wachira.
How Common Is The Last Name Wachira? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 7,186th most commonly used surname on earth It is held by around 1 in 92,268 people. Wachira is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Wachira reside; 95 percent reside in East Africa and 90 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 21,602nd most frequent first name on earth It is held by 41,445 people.
The surname Wachira is most frequently held in Kenya, where it is borne by 75,169 people, or 1 in 614. In Kenya Wachira is mostly concentrated in: Nyeri County, where 23 percent reside, Kirinyaga County, where 13 percent reside and Nairobi County, where 12 percent reside. Aside from Kenya it is found in 49 countries. It is also found in Sudan, where 4 percent reside and The United States, where 0 percent reside.
Wachira Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the Wachira last name is primarily Christian (100%) in Kenya.
In The United States Wachira are 43.54% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 96.77% being registered to vote for the political 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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