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 is more frequently found in Kenya than any other country/territory. It may be found as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Wachiya? popularity and diffusion
The surname Wachiya is the 567,444th most frequently used family name in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 13,083,565 people. The last name Wachiya occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Wachiya reside; 99 percent reside in East Africa and 98 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. Wachiya is also the 1,994,417th most commonly used first name world-wide, borne by 28 people.
The surname Wachiya is most numerous in Kenya, where it is carried by 552 people, or 1 in 83,659. In Kenya it is mostly concentrated in: Kakamega County, where 78 percent are found, Bungoma County, where 21 percent are found and Vihiga County, where 1 percent are found. Barring Kenya this surname exists 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 Wachiya last name is principally 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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