Terai Surname
Approximately 20,351 people bear this surname
Terai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japan | 18,782 | 1:6,807 | 1,026 |
| Algeria | 773 | 1:49,976 | 8,644 |
| French Polynesia | 319 | 1:880 | 78 |
| United States | 108 | 1:3,356,101 | 190,802 |
| France | 81 | 1:820,034 | 98,127 |
| India | 44 | 1:17,433,304 | 271,013 |
| Papua New Guinea | 43 | 1:189,621 | 26,314 |
| Canada | 37 | 1:995,827 | 74,831 |
| Lesotho | 34 | 1:59,781 | 8,665 |
| Zimbabwe | 29 | 1:532,353 | 42,865 |
| Indonesia | 23 | 1:5,749,965 | 259,967 |
| Thailand | 15 | 1:4,709,223 | 352,754 |
| Brazil | 13 | 1:16,467,256 | 295,032 |
| England | 9 | 1:6,190,895 | 170,599 |
| Philippines | 7 | 1:14,462,603 | 238,248 |
| Solomon Islands | 6 | 1:96,672 | 18,437 |
| Germany | 4 | 1:20,126,365 | 436,245 |
| Australia | 3 | 1:8,998,567 | 200,784 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| Chile | 2 | 1:8,808,237 | 65,417 |
| Nepal | 2 | 1:14,240,478 | 17,812 |
| Pakistan | 2 | 1:89,321,942 | 157,560 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Slovakia | 1 | 1:5,336,450 | 140,422 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Cook Islands | 1 | 1:18,179 | 1,485 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Fiji | 1 | 1:894,391 | 4,568 |
The alternate forms: Teraï (2) are calculated separately.
Terai (511) may also be a first name.
Terai Demographics
Average Terai Salary in
United States
$71,500 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Terai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Terai Come From? nationality or country of origin
Terai (Bengali: তেরাই, Hindi: तेरई, Marathi: तेराई, Oriya: େତରାଇ) occurs more in Japan more than any other country/territory. It may also appear as: Teraï. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Terai? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 26,448th most commonly used last name globally. It is borne by around 1 in 358,093 people. This surname occurs mostly in Asia, where 93 percent of Terai are found; 92 percent are found in East Asia and 92 percent are found in Nippono-Asia. Terai is also the 374,142nd most frequently occurring first name on earth. It is borne by 511 people.
It is most frequently occurring in Japan, where it is held by 18,782 people, or 1 in 6,807. In Japan it is most frequent in: Osaka Prefecture, where 12 percent are found, Tokyo Metropolis, where 9 percent are found and Hokkaido Prefecture, where 6 percent are found. Beside Japan this last name exists in 34 countries. It is also common in Algeria, where 4 percent are found and French Polynesia, where 2 percent are found.
Terai Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Terai surname are 20.45% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 73.68% being registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Terai earn in different countries varies greatly. In United States they earn 65.7% more than the national average, earning $71,500 USD per year and in Canada they earn 13.71% more than the national average, earning $56,496 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Terai Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Terai in the Marathi language | ||
| तेराई | tera'i | - |
| Terai in the Bengali language | ||
| তেরাই | tera'i | 90 |
| তেরই | tera'i | 10 |
| Terai in the Hindi language | ||
| तेरई | tera'i | 57.14 |
| टेरई | tera'i | 28.57 |
| तेरइ | tera'i | 14.29 |
| Terai in the Oriya language | ||
| େତରାଇ | etara'i | 50 |
| େତରଇ | etara'i | 50 |
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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
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- 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 Terai
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