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 surname Handiya (Hindi: हन्दिया, Marathi: हंडीया) is held by more people in Zambia than any other country or territory. It can be found as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Handiya? popularity and diffusion
It is the 418,171st most commonly occurring last name on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 8,769,610 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 95 percent of Handiya live; 94 percent live in Southern Africa and 94 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Handiya is also the 951,070th most commonly held given name world-wide, borne by 99 people.
Handiya is most frequently held 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 reside, Central Province, where 22 percent reside and Lusaka Province, where 19 percent reside. Beside Zambia it is found in 8 countries. It is also common in Namibia, where 7 percent reside and India, where 4 percent reside.
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
- 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 Handiya
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