Handison Surname

1,894,523rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 96 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zimbabwe
Highest density in:
Zimbabwe

Handison Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Handison Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zimbabwe431:359,02933,752
Indonesia421:3,148,790173,812
Nigeria51:35,428,552388,973
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
England11:55,718,059489,080
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Malawi11:17,119,10934,144
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

Handison (194) may also be a first name.

Handison Last Name Facts

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

The last name Handison occurs more in Zimbabwe more than any other country or territory. It may occur as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of Handison.

How Common Is The Last Name Handison? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 1,894,523rd most frequently occurring last name throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 75,911,937 people. Handison occurs mostly in Africa, where 53 percent of Handison live; 46 percent live in Southern Africa and 46 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Handison is also the 651,944th most widespread first name internationally It is held by 194 people.

Handison is most frequent in Zimbabwe, where it is held by 43 people, or 1 in 359,029. In Zimbabwe Handison is mostly found in: Harare Province, where 30 percent reside, Mashonaland Central Province, where 23 percent reside and Mashonaland East Province, where 21 percent reside. Not including Zimbabwe this surname is found in 7 countries. It is also found in Indonesia, where 44 percent reside and Nigeria, where 5 percent reside.

Handison Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Handison has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Handison surname grew 200 percent between 1880 and 2014.

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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 Handison
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