Handrew Surname

3,602,217th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 30 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Handrew Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Handrew Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria121:14,761,896248,185
Papua New Guinea121:679,47678,554
Tanzania51:10,588,32375,430
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England21:12,187,685173,419
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States161:3,138,668142,671

Handrew (195) may also be a first name.

Handrew Last Name Facts

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

The last name Handrew is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can also occur as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Handrew.

How Common Is The Last Name Handrew? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 3,602,217th most common surname internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 242,918,197 people. The last name Handrew occurs mostly in Africa, where 57 percent of Handrew reside; 40 percent reside in West Africa and 40 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Handrew is also the 649,894th most widely held given name world-wide, held by 195 people.

Handrew is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is held by 12 people, or 1 in 14,761,896. In Nigeria it is most common in: Benue, where 33 percent reside, Lagos, where 33 percent reside and Bayelsa, where 8 percent reside. Outside of Nigeria it is found in 3 countries. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 40 percent reside and Tanzania, where 17 percent reside.

Handrew Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Handrew has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Handrew surname fell 94 percent between 1880 and 2014.

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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 Handrew
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