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'''Handoo''' ([[Kashmiri language|Kashmiri]]: हंडू <small>([[Devanagari]])</small>, {{Nastaliq|ہنڈو}} <small>([[Nastaleeq]])</small>), also spelled as '''Handu''', is a [[Kashmiris|Kashmiri]] surname.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Singh |first1=K. S. |last2=Pandita |first2=K. N. |last3=Charak |first3=Sukh Dev Singh |last4=Rizvi |first4=Baqr Raza |last5=India |first5=Anthropological Survey of |title=Jammu & Kashmir |date=2003 |publisher=[[Anthropological Survey of India]] |isbn=978-81-7304-118-1 |page=xxxiv |language=English}}</ref> It is native to the [[Kashmir Valley]] in [[India]], and is primarily found among [[Kashmiri Hindus]] and [[Kashmiri Muslim tribes from Hindu lineage|Kashmiri Muslims of Hindu lineage]].<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Dhar |first=Nazir Ahmad |date=2002 |title=Social Distribution of Linguistic Variants in Kashmiri Speech |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/42930603 |journal=Bulletin of the Deccan College Research Institute |volume=62/63 |page=46 |issn=0045-9801 |quote=The surnames like Bhat, Pandit, Munshi, Dhar, Dar, Handoo, Kakroo, etc. characterize aboriginal affinity}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Clements |first=William M.|title=The Greenwood Encyclopedia of World Folklore and Folklife: Southeast Asia and India, Central and East Asia, Middle East |last2=Green |first2=Thomas A. |date=2006 |publisher=[[Greenwood Press]]|isbn=978-0-313-32849-7 |page=60 |language=English |quote=A variety of Hindu surnames such as Dar, Bhatt, Handoo, Kachru, Kichlu, Matoo and Pandit persist in Muslim families.}}</ref><br />
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== See also ==<br />
*[[Tej Handu]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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{{Kashmiri families}}<br />
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[[Category:Kashmiri tribes]]<br />
[[Category:Indian surnames]]<br />
[[Category:Pakistani names]]<br />
[[Category:Kashmiri-language surnames]]<br />
[[Category:Social groups of Jammu and Kashmir]]</div>>Anupam