Handball originated from different places. For example, there is evidence that it originates from ancient Egypt and Meso-America. However, modern handball is thought to have originated from Scotland (1427).
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Assumimg you are speaking of the handball game played off the wall in singles or doubles format - as in squash without racquets: It is believed to have origins in Ireland.
From there, the 2 chief export countries were United States and Australia.
Team handball, on the other hand, was formerly known as European handball.
The origins of handball are in Czech Handball (Czech Republic, 1905), Field Handball (Germany, 19th century) and Handbold (Denmark, 1898)