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 surname Handava (Marathi: हांडवा) occurs in India more than any other country/territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Handava? popularity and diffusion
It is the 255,091st most widespread surname at a global level It is held by around 1 in 4,710,760 people. 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.
The last name Handava is most widely held in India, where it is carried by 1,523 people, or 1 in 503,654. In India Handava is most common in: Maharashtra, where 100 percent are found. Outside of India this last name is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 1 percent are found and The United States, where 0 percent are found.
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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