Handongwe Surname
Approximately 284 people bear this surname
Handongwe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 281 | 1:56,405 | 5,176 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Handongwe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Handongwe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Handongwe is more commonly found in Zambia than any other country/territory. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of Handongwe.
How Common Is The Last Name Handongwe? popularity and diffusion
It is the 928,396th most numerous surname at a global level, held by around 1 in 25,660,373 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Handongwe reside; 99 percent reside in Southern Africa and 99 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.
This last name is most widespread in Zambia, where it is borne by 281 people, or 1 in 56,405. In Zambia Handongwe is most frequent in: Southern Province, where 57 percent reside, Lusaka Province, where 23 percent reside and Central Province, where 18 percent reside. Not including Zambia it is found in 3 countries. It is also common in England, where 0 percent reside and Kenya, where 0 percent reside.
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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 Handongwe
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