Handeland Surname

243,671st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,636 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Norway
Highest density in:
Norway

Handeland Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Handeland Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Norway1,0791:4,766445
United States5211:695,69955,085
Sweden151:656,45048,545
Denmark91:627,19136,734
Thailand31:23,546,115908,588
France21:33,211,361423,184
Philippines21:50,619,112341,003
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
England11:55,718,059489,080
Maldives11:404,1727,269
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States211:2,391,366115,093

Handeland Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Handeland Come From? nationality or country of origin

Handeland is carried by more people in Norway than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Handeland? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 243,671st most prevalent last name on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 4,454,490 people. The last name is predominantly found in Europe, where 68 percent of Handeland reside; 67 percent reside in Northern Europe and 67 percent reside in Scandinavia.

The last name is most commonly used in Norway, where it is borne by 1,079 people, or 1 in 4,766. In Norway Handeland is most prevalent in: Western Norway, where 69 percent reside, Eastern Norway, where 18 percent reside and Southern Norway, where 11 percent reside. Other than Norway this surname is found in 11 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 32 percent reside and Sweden, where 1 percent reside.

Handeland Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Handeland has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Handeland surname expanded 2,481 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Handeland Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Handeland are 9.87% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 56.64% registered with the political party.

The amount Handeland earn in different countries varies marginally. In Norway they earn 3.36% more than the national average, earning 357,719 kr per year and in United States they earn 5.86% more than the national average, earning $45,679 USD per year.

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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 Handeland
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