Handema Surname
Approximately 511 people bear this surname
Handema Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 504 | 1:31,448 | 3,225 |
| England | 5 | 1:11,143,612 | 252,590 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Handema Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Handema Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Handema is more commonly found in Zambia than any other country/territory. It can also be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Handema click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Handema? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 606,498th most prevalent surname in the world, borne by around 1 in 14,261,342 people. This last name is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Handema are found; 99 percent are found in Southern Africa and 99 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.
The last name is most frequently held in Zambia, where it is carried by 504 people, or 1 in 31,448. In Zambia it is primarily found in: Southern Province, where 46 percent live, Central Province, where 24 percent live and Lusaka Province, where 20 percent live. Excluding Zambia this last name exists in 3 countries. It is also common in England, where 1 percent live and Scotland, where 0 percent live.
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Handema
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