Handava Surname
Approximately 1,547 people bear this surname
Handava Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 1,523 | 1:503,654 | 25,333 |
| Papua New Guinea | 23 | 1:354,509 | 47,011 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Handava Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Handava Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Handava (Marathi: हांडवा) occurs more in India more than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Handava? popularity and diffusion
The last name Handava is the 255,091st most widespread last name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 4,710,760 people. The last name Handava is predominantly found in Asia, where 98 percent of Handava live; 98 percent live in South Asia and 98 percent live in Indo-South Asia.
It is most numerous in India, where it is borne by 1,523 people, or 1 in 503,654. In India it is primarily found in: Maharashtra, where 100 percent live. Beside India this surname is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Papua New Guinea, where 1 percent live and The United States, where 0 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Handava Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Handava in the Marathi language | ||
| हांडवा | handava | 91.53 |
| हंडवा | handava | 3.51 |
| हाडवा | hadava | 2.65 |
| हांडावा | handava | 1.28 |
| घंडवा | ghandava | 0.17 |
| शंडवा | sandava | 0.17 |
| धंडवा | dhandava | 0.17 |
| शनवार | sanavara | 0.09 |
| शडवा | sadava | 0.09 |
| हॉडवा | hodava | 0.09 |
| हांडबा | handaba | 0.09 |
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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 Handava
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