Tertius Forename

114,362nd
Most Common
name in the World

Approximately 3,784 people bear this name

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Tertius Forename Definition:

Latin (masculine) - the number three.

Tertius Forename Distribution

PlaceGenderIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa
100%
2,8411:19,1952,704
Indonesia-5171:498,96337,591
England
100%
631:882,58615,371
Namibia-581:41,4512,767
Haiti
100%
481:223,4789,741
United States
100%
421:8,631,83391,152
Brazil
100%
311:6,910,84496,926
Netherlands
100%
291:582,83013,221
New Zealand-251:181,4426,350
DR Congo
50%
 
211:3,515,60073,131
Australia-181:758,75710,216
Burkina Faso
100%
141:1,312,81933,687
Canada
100%
121:2,761,11436,116
Cameroon-91:2,401,16748,579
Philippines
67%
 
71:15,144,211189,875
Congo
50%
 
51:1,001,84116,039
Thailand
100%
41:17,516,453200,944
Ghana-41:6,746,5548,075
Benin
100%
41:2,643,96145,199
Oman-21:2,054,3348,531
Nigeria
100%
21:88,782,180420,186
Zambia-21:7,927,39745,785
Zimbabwe
100%
21:7,711,90884,647
Hong Kong-21:3,876,36213,851
India
100%
21:607,438,9864,324,298
Peru-11:31,791,454110,866
Ireland-11:4,643,51913,375
Bahrain-11:1,348,6737,854
Cayman Islands-11:61,2992,487
Central African Republic-11:4,515,3901,073
Tanzania-11:52,788,31985,066
Switzerland-11:8,213,49636,387
Swaziland-11:1,300,1773,374
Chile
100%
11:17,607,20848,996
Portugal-11:10,410,86612,786
Colombia-11:47,778,92695,497
Czechia
100%
11:10,656,16211,509
Norway-11:5,132,32937,513
Dominican Republic-11:10,431,27030,761
France-11:66,470,34085,030
Iceland-11:366,0177,938
Kenya-11:46,307,11074,921
Jersey-11:99,9802,122
Jamaica-11:2,883,22722,340
Ivory Coast
100%
11:23,075,933135,227

The alternate forms: Tértius (6) are calculated separately.

Tertius (444) may also be a surname.

Tertius Forename Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

Latin (masculine) - the number three.

What is Your Name? (1863) by Sophy Moody

Ter'-she-us the third. An amanuensis of St. Paul. Rom. xvi. 22.

The Proper Names of The Bible (1855) by John Farrar

Meaning: the third.

A Dictionary of the Proper Names of the Old and New Testament (1909) by James Beaumont Jackson

Tertius Forename Popularity

Phonetically Similar Names

ForenameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Tértius956/
Thertius93166/
Terthius933/
Tertiuss931/
Tertious931/
Therthius883/
Terrtious881/
Tartius86138/
Tretius8625/
Tortius863/
Tirtius861/
Tartiush809/
Thirtius801/
Thartius801/
Thartiush752/
Tharthius751/
Tartyus711/
Tarttyus671/
Teritosi671/
Trdus671/
ter Tzuu671/

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