Handson Surname

352,668th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,033 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Malawi

Handson Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Handson Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria2691:658,52330,783
United States2411:1,503,979102,346
Malawi1831:93,54711,397
Zimbabwe1631:94,71313,461
England491:1,137,10353,999
Canada301:1,228,18688,140
Australia281:964,13257,058
Kenya161:2,886,24437,784
Tanzania111:4,812,87455,358
Ghana91:3,002,29911,581
Netherlands51:3,377,435111,911
Zambia41:3,962,48038,524
Russia41:36,030,764577,589
China31:455,773,85521,925
Brazil31:71,358,111770,017
Costa Rica21:2,390,03410,205
Belgium21:5,748,322130,559
South Africa21:27,088,852277,613
Albania11:2,914,05529,474
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Liberia11:4,408,53547,110
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Jamaica11:2,869,94713,896
France11:66,422,722504,397
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland21:2,214,93333,683
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England981:248,72818,134
Scotland21:1,871,60827,884
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States921:545,85537,602

Handson (3,418) may also be a first name.

Handson Last Name Facts

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

The last name Handson is more frequently found in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Handson.

How Common Is The Last Name Handson? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 352,668th most frequently occurring last name in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 7,054,740 people. The last name Handson occurs predominantly in Africa, where 64 percent of Handson live; 34 percent live in Southern Africa and 34 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 121,746th most frequently used first name internationally, borne by 3,418 people.

The surname is most prevalent in Nigeria, where it is borne by 269 people, or 1 in 658,523. In Nigeria it is most common in: Akwa Ibom, where 66 percent reside, Rivers, where 15 percent reside and Bayelsa, where 8 percent reside. Outside of Nigeria it occurs in 26 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 23 percent reside and Malawi, where 18 percent reside.

Handson Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Handson has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Handson surname expanded 262 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it fell 50 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Handson Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the Handson last name is principally Catholic (50%) in Ireland.

In The United States Handson are 0.099999999999994% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 53.13% registered with the party.

The amount Handson earn in different countries varies notably. In United States they earn 32.3% less than the national average, earning $29,213 USD per year and in Canada they earn 16.19% less than the national average, earning $41,638 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 Handson
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