Handoum Surname
Approximately 6 people bear this surname
Handoum Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 3 | 1:1,364,954 | 27,355 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Handoum Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Handoum Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Handoum (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺣﻨﺪﻭﻡ) occurs most in Mauritania. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Handoum? popularity and diffusion
The last name Handoum is the 7,593,402nd most frequent family name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 1,214,590,986 people. This last name is primarily found in Africa, where 50 percent of Handoum live; 50 percent live in West Africa and 50 percent live in Senegambia Africa.
The surname is most common in Mauritania, where it is borne by 3 people, or 1 in 1,364,954. In Mauritania Handoum is most common in: Dakhlet Nouadhibou Region, where 33 percent reside, Nouakchott-Nord Region, where 33 percent reside and Tiris Zemmour Region, where 33 percent reside. Aside from Mauritania this last name occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in England, where 17 percent reside and Saudi Arabia, where 17 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Handoum Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Handoum in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺣﻨﺪﻭﻡ | hndwm | - |
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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 Handoum
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