Handjaba Surname

950,707th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 275 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Namibia
Highest density in:
Namibia

Handjaba Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Handjaba Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Namibia2741:8,7931,701
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628

Handjaba Last Name Facts

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

The last name Handjaba is more frequently found in Namibia than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Handjaba? popularity and diffusion

The last name Handjaba is the 950,707th most common family name world-wide, held by around 1 in 26,500,167 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Handjaba reside; 100 percent reside in Southern Africa and 100 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.

It is most numerous in Namibia, where it is carried by 274 people, or 1 in 8,793. In Namibia Handjaba is primarily found in: Ohangwena Region, where 61 percent live, Khomas Region, where 30 percent live and Hardap Region, where 4 percent live. Other than Namibia this surname occurs in one country. It is also found in Brazil, where 0 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
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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 Handjaba
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