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Where Does The Last Name Handy Come From? ^{nationality or country of origin}

The last name Handy (Arabic: هاندي, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺣﻨﺪ, Marathi: हांडी) occurs most in The United States. It can be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Handy? ^{popularity and diffusion}

The surname is the 20,899^th most commonly occurring last name globally It is held by around 1 in 279,088 people. The surname Handy occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 71 percent of Handy reside; 70 percent reside in North America and 70 percent reside in Anglo-North America. Handy is also the 63,189^th most frequently occurring forename throughout the world It is held by 9,556 people.

It is most common in The United States, where it is borne by 18,379 people, or 1 in 19,721. In The United States Handy is mostly concentrated in: Texas, where 11 percent are found, California, where 9 percent are found and Maryland, where 7 percent are found. Apart from The United States this surname is found in 83 countries. It also occurs in England, where 8 percent are found and Sri Lanka, where 5 percent are found.

Handy Family Population Trend ^{historical fluctuation}

The prevalency of Handy has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Handy surname grew 404 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it grew 219 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Ireland it grew 195 percent between 1901 and 2014; in Wales it grew 207 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Scotland it grew 238 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Handy Last Name Statistics ^demography

The religious devotion of those holding the Handy surname is chiefly Catholic (48%) in Ireland.

In The United States those bearing the Handy last name are 7.69% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 54.46% registered with the political party.

The amount Handy earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 88.58% more than the national average, earning R 448,128 per year; in United States they earn 10.35% less than the national average, earning $38,685 USD per year and in Canada they earn 3.18% more than the national average, earning $51,262 CAD per year.