Handuwala Surname

5,213,395th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 14 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Sri Lanka
Highest density in:
Sri Lanka

Handuwala Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Handuwala Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Sri Lanka91:2,312,0629,186
China21:683,660,78330,601
England11:55,718,059489,080
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Handuwala Last Name Facts

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

Handuwala is most common in Sri Lanka. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Handuwala? popularity and diffusion

Handuwala is the 5,213,395th most prevalent family name throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 520,538,994 people. It is mostly found in Asia, where 86 percent of Handuwala live; 71 percent live in South Asia and 71 percent live in Indo-South Asia.

The surname Handuwala is most commonly occurring in Sri Lanka, where it is held by 9 people, or 1 in 2,312,062. Besides Sri Lanka this surname occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in China, where 14 percent reside and England, where 7 percent reside.

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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 Handuwala
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