Wachong Surname

1,038,570th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 242 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Cameroon
Highest density in:
Costa Rica

Wachong Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wachong Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Cameroon1771:117,33913,463
Costa Rica431:111,1641,807
United States101:36,245,893832,629
Canada81:4,605,699220,704
Ecuador31:5,301,94930,184
Central African Republic11:4,515,3901,196

Wachong (32) may also be a first name.

Wachong Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Wachong Come From? nationality or country of origin

Wachong is found in Cameroon more than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Wachong click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Wachong? popularity and diffusion

The last name Wachong is the 1,038,570th most common last name globally, held by around 1 in 30,113,826 people. This surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 74 percent of Wachong live; 74 percent live in Central Africa and 73 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,840,253rd most frequently held forename throughout the world It is held by 32 people.

It is most frequently occurring in Cameroon, where it is carried by 177 people, or 1 in 117,339. In Cameroon it is most frequent in: Northwest Region, where 90 percent are found, South Region, where 6 percent are found and Southwest Region, where 1 percent are found. Other than Cameroon this surname is found in 5 countries. It is also found in Costa Rica, where 18 percent are found and The United States, where 4 percent are found.

Wachong Last Name Statistics demography

Wachong earn significantly less than the average income. In United States they earn 33.61% less than the national average, earning $28,646 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
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Wachong
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