Handig Surname
Approximately 1,413 people bear this surname
Handig Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Philippines | 1,201 | 1:84,295 | 14,611 |
| Saudi Arabia | 159 | 1:194,062 | 29,524 |
| Austria | 23 | 1:370,236 | 39,193 |
| Belgium | 17 | 1:676,273 | 58,718 |
| Netherlands | 7 | 1:2,412,454 | 94,797 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
The alternate forms: Händig (10) are calculated separately.
Handig Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Handig Come From? nationality or country of origin
Handig (Oriya: ହାିଗ୍) is more frequently found in The Philippines than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as a variant: Händig. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Handig? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 274,840th most commonly held surname on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 5,157,499 people. It occurs mostly in Asia, where 96 percent of Handig are found; 85 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 85 percent are found in Fil-Southeast Asia.
It is most widely held in The Philippines, where it is borne by 1,201 people, or 1 in 84,295. In The Philippines Handig is primarily concentrated in: Bicol, where 29 percent are found, Calabarzon, where 21 percent are found and National Capital Region, where 16 percent are found. Without taking into account The Philippines it is found in 9 countries. It is also common in Saudi Arabia, where 11 percent are found and Austria, where 2 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Handig Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Handig in the Oriya language | ||
| ହାିଗ୍ | haig | - |
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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 Handig
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