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 surname Handongwe is found in Zambia more than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of Handongwe.
How Common Is The Last Name Handongwe? popularity and diffusion
The surname Handongwe is the 928,396th most common last name on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 25,660,373 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Handongwe live; 99 percent live in Southern Africa and 99 percent live in South Bantu Africa.
Handongwe is most commonly used in Zambia, where it is borne by 281 people, or 1 in 56,405. In Zambia it is primarily concentrated in: Southern Province, where 57 percent reside, Lusaka Province, where 23 percent reside and Central Province, where 18 percent reside. Outside of Zambia this surname is found in 3 countries. It is also found in England, where 0 percent reside and Kenya, where 0 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Search for Another Surname
The name statistics are still in development, sign up for information on more maps and data
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
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis