Wamocho Surname

1,011,991st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 251 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Wamocho Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wamocho Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya2451:188,48914,045
Uganda21:19,519,640189,114
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
Germany11:80,505,459560,955

Wamocho (155) may also be a first name.

Wamocho Last Name Facts

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

Wamocho is held by more people in Kenya than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Wamocho? popularity and diffusion

The last name Wamocho is the 1,011,991st most commonly used family name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 29,034,047 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Wamocho reside; 98 percent reside in East Africa and 96 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. Wamocho is also the 738,219th most common first name world-wide. It is borne by 155 people.

Wamocho is most frequent in Kenya, where it is carried by 245 people, or 1 in 188,489. In Kenya Wamocho is most numerous in: Bungoma County, where 52 percent live, Nairobi County, where 41 percent live and Kakamega County, where 4 percent live. Outside of Kenya it occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in Uganda, where 1 percent live and The United States, where 1 percent live.

Wamocho Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the last name is chiefly Christian (100%) in Kenya.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Wamocha861,110/
Wamacho86179/
Wamucho866/
Womocho861/
Wamatcho804/
Wamozo7735/
Wamoso772/
Wamotso7157/
Wamoozo7110/
Wamucha719/
Bamacho712/
Waimoso712/
Wamosso711/
Vamacho711/
Bomocho711/
Womacho711/
Wamachat6716/
Huamacho671/
Baymoutchou671/
Wamootso671/
Vamachot671/

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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 Wamocho
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