Handal
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See also: handal
English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Two main origins:
- Borrowed from Arabic حَنْضَل (ḥanḍal, “colocynth”), a dialectal merger of حَنْظَل (ḥanẓal, “colocynth”). This surname is particularly found in Honduras.
- Borrowed from Norwegian Handal, a habitational surname from any of several farmsteads in Norway.
Proper noun[edit]
Handal (plural Handals)
- A surname.
Statistics[edit]
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Handal is the 36788th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 607 individuals. Handal is most common among White (49.59%) and Hispanic/Latino (48.43%) individuals.
Further reading[edit]
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Handal”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 124.