Handenge Surname

5,812,366th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 11 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zambia
Highest density in:
Zambia

Handenge Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Handenge Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zambia51:3,169,98435,680
Angola41:6,747,3046,999
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Handenge Last Name Facts

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

The surname Handenge is carried by more people in Zambia than any other country or territory. It can be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Handenge? popularity and diffusion

The last name Handenge is the 5,812,366th most frequently used family name on a global scale, held by around 1 in 662,504,174 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 82 percent of Handenge live; 82 percent live in Southern Africa and 45 percent live in South Bantu Africa.

It is most widely held in Zambia, where it is borne by 5 people, or 1 in 3,169,984. In Zambia Handenge is most prevalent in: Central Province, where 80 percent are found and Southern Province, where 20 percent are found. Besides Zambia this last name is found in 3 countries. It is also found in Angola, where 36 percent are found and Germany, where 9 percent are found.

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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 Handenge
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