

The picture below provides an overview of the distribution for the 4 major fingerprint types among male- and female populations from in respective: the US, UK, China, Iran & Nigeria. Indicative percentages (derived from 30 international populations around the world) for the presence of arches on the individual fingers in the general population are: 3.3% for the thumb, 10.3% for the index finger, 4.4% for the middle finger, 2.5% for the ring finger, and 2.0% for the pinky finger. In general, arches are less common in especially Asia & most indigenous Australian populations. NOTICE: A = arch, UL = ulnar loop, RL = radial loop, W = whorl. I - II - III - IV - V (= thumb to pinky finger) The 11 most common fingerprints combinations with at least one arch on any finger (8 out of 11 include an arch on the index finger) are listed according estimated order of prevalence below: UL-A-UL-UL-UL belongs to the 14 most common combinations (where UL-UL-UL-UL-UL represents usually the most common combination). It appears that especially in both white- and black populations the single-hand combination (thumb to pinky) Regarding the other 4 digits (beyond the index finger), arches are most likely observed in respective: the middle finger & thumb, and arches are least common in both the ring finger & pinky finger. In nearly all regions around the world is the arch by far most commonly found on the index finger, usually about 35% of all arches are found on the index finger. ARCH FACT 2: Arches are by far most common on index fingers (in humans).In most regions around the world is the arch (international avg: 6.0%), after the ulnar loop (50.0%) & whorl (41.0%), the 3rd most common major category radial loops (3%) represent the 4th major category - percentages taken from the article: ARCH FACT 1: Arches represent the 3rd most common category.Hand Art, Hand Reflexology & Palm TherapyįINGERPRINTS: How to recognize an arch fingerprint?.Hand Reading Experts in the Netherlands.300+ Hand Reader Websites around the World.Hand Signs in Marfan Syndrome (hand test).Hand Signs in Autistic Spectrum Disorder.Hand Signs in Big Five personality dimensions.Decoding the Language of The Hand (2016).
