Wanchara Surname

666,162nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 450 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Wanchara Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wanchara Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania2531:209,25517,663
Kenya1931:239,27416,651
Thailand41:17,659,586685,799

Wanchara (176) may also be a first name.

Wanchara Last Name Facts

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

Wanchara occurs most in Tanzania. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of Wanchara.

How Common Is The Last Name Wanchara? popularity and diffusion

The surname Wanchara is the 666,162nd most frequently used family name on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 16,194,546 people. This last name is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Wanchara are found; 99 percent are found in East Africa and 56 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 687,834th most commonly held first name throughout the world, borne by 176 people.

This last name is most common in Tanzania, where it is borne by 253 people, or 1 in 209,255. In Tanzania Wanchara is mostly concentrated in: Mara Region, where 76 percent reside, Dar es Salaam Region, where 22 percent reside and Mbeya Region, where 2 percent reside. Apart from Tanzania this last name occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Kenya, where 43 percent reside and Thailand, where 1 percent reside.

Wanchara Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the Wanchara last name is chiefly 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 Wanchara
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