Handji Surname
Approximately 99 people bear this surname
Handji Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 53 | 1:195,011 | 18,621 |
| Niger | 14 | 1:1,370,858 | 28,349 |
| Cameroon | 9 | 1:2,307,674 | 112,590 |
| Argentina | 8 | 1:5,342,927 | 168,491 |
| Yemen | 6 | 1:4,404,216 | 18,907 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
Handji (11) may also be a first name.
Handji Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Handji Come From? nationality or country of origin
Handji occurs most in Benin. It may also be found as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Handji? popularity and diffusion
The surname Handji is the 1,860,621st most numerous last name worldwide, held by around 1 in 73,611,575 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 79 percent of Handji are found; 77 percent are found in West Africa and 54 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 3,487,849th most commonly used first name world-wide, borne by 11 people.
The surname Handji is most common in Benin, where it is held by 53 people, or 1 in 195,011. In Benin it is most prevalent in: Zou Department, where 94 percent are found, Atlantique Department, where 2 percent are found and Collines Department, where 2 percent are found. Besides Benin Handji is found in 11 countries. It is also found in Niger, where 14 percent are found and Cameroon, where 9 percent are found.
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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 Handji
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