Handitye Surname

2,020,555th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 86 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zimbabwe
Highest density in:
Zimbabwe

Handitye Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Handitye Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zimbabwe821:188,27122,304
South Africa31:18,059,235248,362
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885

Handitye (61) may also be a first name.

Handitye Last Name Facts

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

Handitye is borne by more people in Zimbabwe than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Handitye? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 2,020,555th most prevalent last name internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 84,738,906 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Handitye are found; 99 percent are found in Southern Africa and 99 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,257,960th most common forename in the world. It is borne by 61 people.

The surname Handitye is most widespread in Zimbabwe, where it is borne by 82 people, or 1 in 188,271. In Zimbabwe Handitye is most numerous in: Harare Province, where 51 percent live, Mashonaland West Province, where 37 percent live and Mashonaland East Province, where 11 percent live. Apart from Zimbabwe it is found in 2 countries. It is also found in South Africa, where 3 percent live and Malaysia, where 1 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 Handitye
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