Handya Surname
Approximately 46 people bear this surname
Handya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 40 | 1:396,248 | 19,783 |
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
| Indonesia | 2 | 1:66,124,597 | 756,638 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Handya (111) may also be a first name.
Handya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Handya Come From? nationality or country of origin
Handya (Marathi: हांदया) is found in Zambia more than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Handya? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 2,876,555th most prevalent family name globally, borne by around 1 in 158,424,911 people. The surname Handya is predominantly found in Africa, where 89 percent of Handya reside; 87 percent reside in Southern Africa and 87 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Handya is also the 890,531st most prevalent given name at a global level. It is borne by 111 people.
The surname is most commonly used in Zambia, where it is held by 40 people, or 1 in 396,248. In Zambia Handya is mostly found in: Southern Province, where 85 percent reside, Copperbelt Province, where 13 percent reside and Central Province, where 3 percent reside. Aside from Zambia it occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in India, where 7 percent reside and Indonesia, where 4 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Handya Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Handya in the Marathi language | ||
| हांदया | handaya | 71.43 |
| हान् | han | 8.93 |
| हंडया | handaya | 3.57 |
| हादया | hadaya | 3.57 |
| हांडया | handaya | 3.57 |
| चांदया | candaya | 3.57 |
| वंदना | vandana | 1.79 |
| पांडया | pandaya | 1.79 |
| हदरे | hadare | 1.79 |
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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 Handya
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