Wakachunga Surname
Approximately 81 people bear this surname
Wakachunga Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 80 | 1:577,249 | 27,285 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Wakachunga Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wakachunga Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Wakachunga is carried by more people in Kenya than any other country/territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wakachunga? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 2,091,648th most common last name world-wide, held by around 1 in 89,969,703 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Wakachunga live; 100 percent live in East Africa and 98 percent live in East Bantu Africa.
The surname is most frequent in Kenya, where it is borne by 80 people, or 1 in 577,249. In Kenya Wakachunga is most frequent in: Bungoma County, where 96 percent live, Nairobi County, where 1 percent live and Trans Nzoia County, where 1 percent live. Without taking into account Kenya it occurs in one country. It is also found in Uganda, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wakazunga | 84 | 1 | / |
| Wakatsunga | 80 | 26 | / |
| Waikhachang | 76 | 1 | / |
| Bakasunga | 74 | 1 | / |
| Wakiganga | 74 | 1 | / |
| Wakikanga | 74 | 1 | / |
| Wakikunga | 74 | 1 | / |
| Wakgang | 71 | 1 | / |
| Wakgung | 71 | 1 | / |
| Wikhachang | 70 | 31 | / |
| Wakyikanga | 70 | 1 | / |
| Wakasongo | 63 | 103 | / |
| Wakagongo | 63 | 4 | / |
| Waikakang | 63 | 1 | / |
| Wachakheng | 60 | 392 | / |
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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 Wakachunga
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