Handy is used as a family name or surname in United States. It is 5 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Handy
No. of characters: 5
Origin: United States
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Handy

How popular is Handy?

Handy is common in United States.

Handy is ranked 18322 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Handy bearers increased by 6.459172 per cent in 2010 US census to 14537 since 2000, the surname slipped by 53 spots and ranked at 2482. The last name was found in around 49 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 55.47 58.57
Black 36.38 35.79
Hispanic or Latino 4.12 3.07
Others 2.76 1.73
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.74 0.45
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.54 0.4
Handy is quite popular family name mostly used in United States while Haiti is ahead in terms of density. Around 28468 people have been found who wears Handy as their family name. Handy is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
5,049 Costa Rica10
10,876 Trinidad and Tobago5
23,739 Nigeria5
108,034 Italy3
35,789 Turkey3
23,165 Romania3
14,408 Uruguay2
4,164 Vietnam2
4,231 Jamaica2
1,351 Lesotho2
9,185 Hong Kong2
54,135 Philippines2
14,521 Portugal2
5,318 Iraq2
12,172 Ghana2
33,202 Saudi Arabia2
9,116 Nicaragua1
199,150 Kazakhstan1
9,926 Ivory Coast1
8,430 Northern Ireland1
30,360 Thailand1
10,683 Cyprus1
8,500 Dominican Republic1
7,941 Guatemala1
7,895 South Korea1
56,169 Mexico1
8,181 Botswana1
586 San Marino1
492,292 Ukraine1
24,176 Qatar1
1,176 Antigua and Barbuda1
7,191 Afghanistan1
47,891 Norway1
24,771 Colombia1
3,214 Niger1
38,830 Morocco1
50,549 Georgia1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
6,376 Singapore47
16,483 Chile45
24,028 United Arab Emirates38
359,634 India26
9,574 Mauritania24
62,494 Netherlands22
331,856 Russia21
83,233 Spain16
3,114 China14
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
19,607 Greece98
5,314 Kuwait70
10,487 New Zealand64
17,456 Switzerland63
1,868 Guyana58
Countries with hundreds of Handy:
5,592 Canada778
7,880 Egypt715
22,462 Indonesia497
8,540 Australia331
32,528 France306
1,570 Honduras296
1,121 Taiwan290
24,102 Poland239
24,304 South Africa237
6,872 Austria183
2,864 Wales135
3,096 Ireland131
69,781 Brazil127
5,272 Scotland105
15,665 Malaysia101
Countries with thousands of Handy:
3,965 England1,898
1,911 Cameroon1,883
1,062 Haiti1,482
2,323 Sri Lanka1,109
9,081 Germany1,076
Countries with ten thousands of Handy:
2,538 United States15,873
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

James Handy worked as workman and hailed from Ireland. During the great famine, 50 years old embarked for USA from Liverpool on Atlas and arrived on May 11, 1846. Jane Handy (46) , William Handy (18) Immigrant, James Handy (17) Immigrant, Jane Handy (15) Immigrant, Richard Handy (13) Immigrant, Immigrant John Handy, Thomas Handy (7), Henry Handy, aged 5, and 57 other Handy around 33.33% of whom were workman while others worked as farmer and servant migrated to US.

Comments

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The origin of the name is Basque etymology of the name comes from the personal name handi which means which means one who is great this surname specifies an ancestral feature.

Handy Namesakes

  • W. C. Handy, Composer
  • Captain John Handy, Record Producer
  • Chaille Handy, Jam Handy's daughter
  • Chantelle Handy, Basketball player
  • Levin Corbin Handy, Photographer
  • W. C. Handy, Composer
  • Dagan Handy, Film producer
  • W. C. Handy, Composer
  • Flo Handy, Musical Artist
  • Stephen Handy, American Politician
  • Joshua Handy, from 2010 action, sci-fi flick Don't Call Me a Hero, who played Mint.
  • Janet Handy, from 2013 drama flick Shake, who played the Louisa.

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