Handiya Surname
Approximately 831 people bear this surname
Handiya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 727 | 1:21,802 | 2,379 |
| Namibia | 56 | 1:43,025 | 5,619 |
| India | 30 | 1:25,568,846 | 339,406 |
| Indonesia | 9 | 1:14,694,355 | 460,137 |
| Papua New Guinea | 3 | 1:2,717,906 | 153,458 |
| Niger | 2 | 1:9,596,008 | 86,358 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Handiya (99) may also be a first name.
Handiya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Handiya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Handiya (Hindi: हन्दिया, Marathi: हंडीया) occurs most in Zambia. It may also be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Handiya? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 418,171st most common last name globally, held by approximately 1 in 8,769,610 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 95 percent of Handiya live; 94 percent live in Southern Africa and 94 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 951,070th most common first name globally, borne by 99 people.
This surname is most frequently occurring in Zambia, where it is carried by 727 people, or 1 in 21,802. In Zambia it is most frequent in: Southern Province, where 58 percent are found, Central Province, where 22 percent are found and Lusaka Province, where 19 percent are found. Not including Zambia it is found in 8 countries. It also occurs in Namibia, where 7 percent are found and India, where 4 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Handiya Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Handiya in the Hindi language | ||
| हन्दिया | handiya | 66.67 |
| हंडिया | handiya | 33.33 |
| Handiya in the Marathi language | ||
| हंडीया | handiya | 57.14 |
| हांडीया | handiya | 28.57 |
| हंदीया | handiya | 14.29 |
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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 Handiya
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