Handoo, also spelled as Handu, is a Kashmiri surname native to the Kashmir Valley in Jammu and Kashmir, India. It is found among Kashmiri Pandits and Kashmiri Muslims .
↑Clements, William M.; Green, Thomas A. (2006). The Greenwood Encyclopedia of World Folklore and Folklife: Southeast Asia and India, Central and East Asia, Middle East. Greenwood Press. p.60. ISBN978-0-313-32849-7. A variety of Hindu surnames such as Dar, Bhatt, Handoo, Kachru, Kichlu, Matoo and Pandit persist in Muslim families.