Handschin Surname

359,448th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,008 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Switzerland
Highest density in:
Switzerland

Handschin Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Handschin Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Switzerland7941:10,3441,697
United States1371:2,645,686159,417
France261:2,554,720189,486
Canada101:3,684,559191,443
Netherlands91:1,876,35385,467
Italy81:7,644,586115,463
Germany41:20,126,365436,245
Brazil31:71,358,111770,017
Spain21:23,376,018128,922
South Africa21:27,088,852277,613
Mexico21:62,063,10283,384
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Venezuela11:30,204,07785,459
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Senegal11:14,579,34211,705
Peru11:31,784,12364,452
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
England11:55,718,059489,080
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539

Handschin Last Name Facts

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

The last name Handschin occurs in Switzerland more than any other country or territory. It may be found as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Handschin? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 359,448th most widely held last name globally, borne by around 1 in 7,229,708 people. The surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 84 percent of Handschin reside; 82 percent reside in Western Europe and 77 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

This last name is most widely held in Switzerland, where it is held by 794 people, or 1 in 10,344. In Switzerland Handschin is most prevalent in: Canton of Basel-Landschaft, where 40 percent reside, Canton of Zürich, where 14 percent reside and Canton of Basel-Stadt, where 12 percent reside. Excluding Switzerland this last name occurs in 21 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 14 percent reside and France, where 3 percent reside.

Handschin Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Handschin surname are 13.44% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 66.67% registered to vote for the party.

The amount Handschin earn in different countries varies markedly. In United States they earn 18.78% more than the national average, earning $51,254 USD per year and in Canada they earn 29.84% less than the national average, earning $34,859 CAD per year.

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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 Handschin
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