Handai Surname
Approximately 155 people bear this surname
Handai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 121 | 1:67,386 | 8,792 |
| Malaysia | 7 | 1:4,213,461 | 150,293 |
| Pakistan | 6 | 1:29,773,981 | 92,487 |
| Ukraine | 6 | 1:7,587,116 | 277,111 |
| Indonesia | 5 | 1:26,449,839 | 597,308 |
| Cameroon | 3 | 1:6,923,023 | 143,724 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| Niger | 2 | 1:9,596,008 | 86,358 |
| Taiwan | 2 | 1:11,722,373 | 63,559 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
Handai (989) may also be a first name.
Handai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Handai Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Handai (Bengali: হান্দাই, Marathi: हांडै) has its highest incidence in Papua New Guinea. It may occur as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Handai? popularity and diffusion
The surname Handai is the 1,403,590th most numerous family name on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 47,016,425 people. This surname is predominantly found in Oceania, where 78 percent of Handai live; 78 percent live in Oceania Islands and 78 percent live in Papuan Oceania. Handai is also the 256,075th most commonly occurring given name world-wide, borne by 989 people.
The last name is most frequently occurring in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 121 people, or 1 in 67,386. In Papua New Guinea Handai is mostly concentrated in: Hela, where 75 percent reside, East Sepik, where 15 percent reside and Madang, where 8 percent reside. Without taking into account Papua New Guinea it occurs in 9 countries. It is also found in Malaysia, where 5 percent reside and Pakistan, where 4 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Handai Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Handai in the Bengali language | ||
| হান্দাই | handa'i | - |
| Handai in the Marathi language | ||
| हांडै | handai | - |
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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 Handai
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