Wakachala Surname
Approximately 55 people bear this surname
Wakachala Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 54 | 1:855,183 | 32,488 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Wakachala Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wakachala Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Wakachala is found in Kenya more than any other country/territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Wakachala? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 2,605,694th most frequent last name on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 132,500,835 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Wakachala live; 100 percent live in East Africa and 100 percent live in East Bantu Africa.
It is most widely held in Kenya, where it is held by 54 people, or 1 in 855,183. In Kenya it is most prevalent in: Bungoma County, where 94 percent reside, Kakamega County, where 2 percent reside and Muranga County, where 2 percent reside. Without taking into account Kenya this last name occurs in one country. It is also common in Uganda, where 2 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakachala | 89 | 1 | / |
| Bakachalla | 84 | 13 | / |
| Wakatshala | 84 | 1 | / |
| Bakatchalla | 80 | 1 | / |
| Wakatsala | 78 | 8 | / |
| Vakachale | 78 | 2 | / |
| Bakajala | 71 | 1 | / |
| Bakajjala | 67 | 2 | / |
| Wakazolo | 59 | 4 | / |
| Wakozola | 59 | 1 | / |
| Bakajalo | 59 | 1 | / |
| Bakatsoula | 53 | 2 | / |
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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 Wakachala
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