Wacira Surname
Approximately 1,525 people bear this surname
Wacira Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 1,491 | 1:30,972 | 3,388 |
| Uganda | 25 | 1:1,561,571 | 56,175 |
| Indonesia | 6 | 1:22,041,532 | 555,748 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Wacira (394) may also be a first name.
Wacira Demographics
Wacira Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Wacira Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wacira Come From? nationality or country of origin
Wacira has its highest incidence in Kenya. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Wacira? popularity and diffusion
It is the 258,090th most common family name world-wide, held by around 1 in 4,778,719 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Wacira are found; 99 percent are found in East Africa and 97 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. Wacira is also the 435,477th most widespread first name worldwide, held by 394 people.
This surname is most commonly occurring in Kenya, where it is carried by 1,491 people, or 1 in 30,972. In Kenya it is primarily found in: Kirinyaga County, where 44 percent live, Nyeri County, where 21 percent live and Nairobi County, where 10 percent live. Outside of Kenya this surname is found in 5 countries. It is also common in Uganda, where 2 percent live and Indonesia, where 0 percent live.
Wacira Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the surname 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 Wacira
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