Handawa Surname
Approximately 56 people bear this surname
Handawa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 19 | 1:9,323,303 | 191,560 |
| Indonesia | 15 | 1:8,816,613 | 340,855 |
| Papua New Guinea | 11 | 1:741,247 | 83,447 |
| India | 6 | 1:127,844,230 | 863,365 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
Handawa (37) may also be a first name.
Handawa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Handawa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Handawa (Marathi: हांडवा) occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Handawa? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 2,580,327th most prevalent family name in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 130,134,748 people. The surname Handawa occurs predominantly in Africa, where 41 percent of Handawa reside; 39 percent reside in West Africa and 34 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,688,769th most frequently used forename throughout the world, held by 37 people.
This last name is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 19 people, or 1 in 9,323,303. In Nigeria Handawa is most numerous in: Adamawa, where 95 percent are found. Aside from Nigeria it occurs in 7 countries. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 27 percent are found and Papua New Guinea, where 20 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Handawa Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Handawa in the Marathi language | ||
| हांडवा | handava | 75 |
| हंडवा | handava | 25 |
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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 Handawa
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