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) is found most frequently in Japan. It can be found as: Teraï. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Terai? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 26,448th most frequently occurring surname internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 358,093 people. The surname Terai occurs predominantly in Asia, where 93 percent of Terai reside; 92 percent reside in East Asia and 92 percent reside in Nippono-Asia. Terai is also the 374,142nd most widespread first name globally, held by 511 people.
This surname is most numerous in Japan, where it is held by 18,782 people, or 1 in 6,807. In Japan it is primarily concentrated in: Osaka Prefecture, where 12 percent live, Tokyo Metropolis, where 9 percent live and Hokkaido Prefecture, where 6 percent live. Other than Japan it is found in 34 countries. It is also common in Algeria, where 4 percent live and French Polynesia, where 2 percent live.
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 national average, with 73.68% registered with 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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