Wachiye Surname
Approximately 1,297 people bear this surname
Wachiye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 1,248 | 1:37,003 | 3,960 |
| Uganda | 45 | 1:867,540 | 39,905 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
Wachiye (93) may also be a first name.
Wachiye Demographics
Wachiye Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Wachiye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wachiye Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Wachiye occurs most in Kenya. It can occur as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Wachiye? popularity and diffusion
It is the 294,281st most frequently occurring last name on earth, borne by around 1 in 5,618,771 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Wachiye live; 100 percent live in East Africa and 91 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 986,211th most widespread first name worldwide It is held by 93 people.
The surname is most frequently occurring in Kenya, where it is carried by 1,248 people, or 1 in 37,003. In Kenya it is most frequent in: Bungoma County, where 76 percent are found, Trans Nzoia County, where 14 percent are found and Busia County, where 6 percent are found. Aside from Kenya this last name is found in 3 countries. It is also common in Uganda, where 3 percent are found and The United States, where 0 percent are found.
Wachiye Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the Wachiye 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 Wachiye
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