Wachiya Surname
Approximately 557 people bear this surname
Wachiya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 552 | 1:83,659 | 7,685 |
| Zambia | 5 | 1:3,169,984 | 35,680 |
Wachiya (28) may also be a first name.
Wachiya Demographics
Wachiya Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Wachiya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wachiya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Wachiya occurs most in Kenya. It may be found as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wachiya? popularity and diffusion
The surname Wachiya is the 567,444th most commonly held family name on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 13,083,565 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Wachiya are found; 99 percent are found in East Africa and 98 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. Wachiya is also the 1,994,417th most numerous given name on earth. It is borne by 28 people.
This last name is most widespread in Kenya, where it is borne by 552 people, or 1 in 83,659. In Kenya Wachiya is primarily concentrated in: Kakamega County, where 78 percent are found, Bungoma County, where 21 percent are found and Vihiga County, where 1 percent are found. Besides Kenya it occurs in one country. It is also common in Zambia, where 1 percent are found.
Wachiya Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the surname is chiefly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
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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 Wachiya
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