Wawich Surname

7,593,402nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 6 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Wawich Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wawich Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya41:11,544,97562,419
England11:55,718,059489,080
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220

Wawich Last Name Facts

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

Wawich is found most frequently in Kenya. It can also be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Wawich? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 7,593,402nd most frequently used last name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,214,590,986 people. The surname Wawich is mostly found in Africa, where 67 percent of Wawich live; 67 percent live in East Africa and 67 percent live in Nilo-Saharan Africa.

This last name is most prevalent in Kenya, where it is carried by 4 people, or 1 in 11,544,975. In Kenya Wawich is most frequent in: Siaya County, where 100 percent live. Other than Kenya this surname exists in 2 countries. It is also found in England, where 17 percent live and Pakistan, where 17 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Wabich83452/
Bawich8314/
Wawish831/
Wabisch776/
Bahwich771/
Wawis737/
Wavic731/
Wabitsch71164/
Bawitsch7133/
Baywitch712/
Wachwicz712/
Waivhech711/
Bowaitch711/
Wahawish711/
Babich6728,269/
Wavish6792/
Vavich6763/
Bavich6750/
Wabish6719/
Wawesh6714/
Vabich677/
Wabicz676/
Bawish675/
Wawits675/
Wevich671/
Bawicz671/
Bowich671/

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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 Wawich
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