Tearn Surname
Approximately 3 people bear this surname
Tearn Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,429,866 | 40,727 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 18 | 1:1,354,187 | 47,798 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 21 | 1:2,391,366 | 115,093 |
Tearn (12) may also be a first name.
Tearn Demographics
Tearn Religious Adherence
in Ireland
Religious Adherence
in Ireland
Tearn Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tearn Come From? nationality or country of origin
Tearn is more commonly found in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Tearn? popularity and diffusion
The surname Tearn is the 10,311,814th most frequently used surname worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 2,147,483,647 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 33 percent of Tearn live; 33 percent live in West Africa and 33 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 3,306,491st most frequently occurring forename globally, borne by 12 people.
It is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is borne by 1 people, or 1 in 177,142,758. In Nigeria it is most common in: Benue, where 100 percent reside. Aside from Nigeria this surname is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Thailand, where 33 percent reside and The United States, where 33 percent reside.
Tearn Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Tearn has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Tearn surname decreased 95 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Tearn Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the surname is primarily Catholic (100%) in Ireland.
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Tearn
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