What percentage of people are left handed in the world?

Answer 1

10%

Answer 2

What percentage of the population are left-handed?

For years, it has been widely accepted that 1 in 10 people are left-handed. However, research studies of a reasonable size to back up this figure are very hard to find. Recently, small studies (usually among children) have come up with figures of between 12% and 15% of the population and it has been argued that perhaps this increase is due to social acceptability of left-handedness which has never before been the case.

It is widely believed that there are slightly more left-handed boys (11%) than girls (9%). Some research has linked left-handedness to the level of testosterone present in the womb before birth, which may explain the imbalance. Another suggestion, that girls tend to be more receptive to social mores and eager to conform, so may change to the hand of their peers, seems very unlikely, as we now know that handedness is not a matter of choice, but part of our physiological makeup.

Answer 3

The source I've included is wholly about left-handedness. Here's a quote from that source, "The most recent study, by Prof. Chris McManus who has conducted widespread research into the genetic causes of handedness, has concluded that 13% of the population are currently left-handed." You can find all sorts of variations from trivia sites and small studies, but I found the "anythingleft-handed" data pretty compelling and the site looked interesting and reliable. Hope I've helped.

Answer 4

This is very difficult to answer - it depends on how you define handedness. I, for one, write left handed. Yet, I throw, golf, bat, sew (pretty much everything else) right handed. Most left handers use their right hands predominently in some task or another - ie: most doors are mounted for righties, scissors (ok, we had special ones in grade school, but where are they in the real world?), fridge doors, zippers, etc. are all made for right handed people. Some things lefties HAVE to learn to do right handed. There is a lot of gray area there.

Answer 5

You have the facts and figures from the other answers, so here are some trivia points about us "lefties":

About ½ of the world's geniuses are left handed.
Lefties often have the ability to "see" problems from "Outside the Box" They often come up with unique and workable solutions.

The Latin word for Left-handed is "Sinister", because a lefty could shake your right hand as a sign of peace, draw a sword with his left hand and Stab you.

The Latin word for right-handed is Dexter. People who are Ambidexterous are literaly Right-handed with both hands.

until about 50 years ago, lefties were forced to write with their right hand because they would smudge the ink as their hand moved across it. Also the nibs of fountain pens would often gouge the paper because lefties push the nibs into the paper rather than pulling the pen across the paper. (Thank goodness for ballpoint pens.)

Answer 6

About 8 to 15 percent of the general adult population is left-handed. It is more common in males than females, and is also very common with people with mental disorders (epilepsy, down syndrome, etc.)

Wow... I'm a left-handed female with no mental disorder, I'm really in the minority!

p.s. This info is from wikipedia... so take it for what it's worth...

Answer 7

11% Two of my teachers are left- handed and they talk about it all the time!

Answer 8

Less than 5%, not sure how much though.