Handekar Surname
Approximately 653 people bear this surname
Handekar Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 649 | 1:1,181,919 | 47,645 |
| Indonesia | 4 | 1:33,062,298 | 643,618 |
Handekar Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Handekar Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Handekar (Marathi: हांडेकर) is held by more people in India than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Handekar? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 503,100th most commonly held family name at a global level, borne by around 1 in 11,160,101 people. This surname is predominantly found in Asia, where 100 percent of Handekar are found; 99 percent are found in South Asia and 98 percent are found in Indo-South Asia.
It is most widely held in India, where it is carried by 649 people, or 1 in 1,181,919. In India it is most prevalent in: Maharashtra, where 95 percent live, Karnataka, where 3 percent live and Goa, where 2 percent live. Other than India this surname occurs in one country. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Handekar Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Handekar in the Marathi language | ||
| हांडेकर | handekara | 89.68 |
| हंडेकर | handekara | 4.95 |
| हान्डेकर | handekara | 1.08 |
| शंकर | sankara | 0.86 |
| हाडकर | hadakara | 0.43 |
| भाकर | bhakara | 0.22 |
| चॉदेकर | codekara | 0.22 |
| हंडेकरी़ | handekari | 0.22 |
| चांदेकर | candekara | 0.22 |
| हांडेकेर | handekera | 0.22 |
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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 Handekar
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