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
Average Wachira Salary in
United States
$38,849 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Wachira Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wachira Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Wachira is found in Kenya more than any other country/territory. It can appear as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wachira? popularity and diffusion
It is the 7,186th most numerous family name on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 92,268 people. Wachira occurs mostly 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 commonly held first name world-wide It is held by 41,445 people.
Wachira is most frequently used in Kenya, where it is carried by 75,169 people, or 1 in 614. In Kenya Wachira is most common in: Nyeri County, where 23 percent reside, Kirinyaga County, where 13 percent reside and Nairobi County, where 12 percent reside. Aside from Kenya Wachira exists 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 devotion of those bearing the last name is principally Christian (100%) in Kenya.
In The United States those bearing the Wachira surname are 43.54% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national 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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- 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
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