as a Last Name
- 24,643
- people in the U.S. have this name Get contact details for people named Hand
Meaning & Origins
English and German: nickname for someone with a deformed hand or who had lost one hand, from Middle English hand, Middle High German hant, found in such appellations as Liebhard mit der Hand (Augsburg 1383).
| 1,468th in the U.S. for 2011 |
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Quick facts
- Tens of Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 24,643
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- Virgin Island
- has the most people named Hand per capita
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