What percentage of the population are left-handed?

Question

What percentage of the population are left-handed?

Answer 1

anything between 10% to 15%. and i'm one of them. lolx.

sometimes i dont believe the statistics cos in my class of 41, there are about 5 lefties making it about 12%, i think. but in another one of my class of 28, there are either 5 or 6 lefties.

Answer 2

I heard 10% I'm ambidexterous, so it all works for me.

Answer 3

a good portion

Answer 4

Seven (7) to thirteen (13) percent of the population are left handed.

Answer 5

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.

Answer 6

The better percentage ; )

Answer 7

Its 1 in 10 or 6,300,000 people.  Taken from the 2001 census!

Answer 8

my son

his dad

his 2 uncles

his grandmother

his grandfather

his great grandfather

so its pretty common in my family.

i guess from a family of 20 at least 3 are left-handed.