Terblanche Surname

31,895th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 16,723 people bear this surname

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

Terblanche Surname Definition:

Place name in France. Literally “White Earth”.

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Terblanche Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa15,9801:3,390446
England1711:325,83724,140
Swaziland1521:8,541460
Australia1221:221,27621,136
United States671:5,409,835270,257
New Zealand481:94,34012,897
Zimbabwe401:385,95635,257
Qatar161:147,37516,023
Canada161:2,302,849139,666
United Arab Emirates141:654,44824,061
Belgium101:1,149,66482,403
Ghana91:3,002,29911,581
Scotland81:669,22723,443
Sweden81:1,230,84590,587
Namibia81:301,17510,197
Netherlands81:2,110,89788,902
Wales51:618,90625,852
Thailand51:14,127,669603,945
Mongolia41:706,32211,365
Nigeria41:44,285,690437,567
Zambia41:3,962,48038,524
Tanzania31:17,647,204107,932
Switzerland21:4,106,458122,336
Afghanistan21:16,076,59243,178
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
Taiwan11:23,444,74693,622
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Sierra Leone11:7,089,6311,533
Congo11:4,989,09634,171
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Mozambique11:27,261,5697,432
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
France11:66,422,722504,397
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
Costa Rica11:4,780,06913,345

The alternate forms: Terblanché (497) are calculated separately.

Terblanche (41) may also be a first name.

Terblanche Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

Place name in France. Literally “White Earth”.

South African Surnames (1965) by Eric Rosenthal

User-submitted Reference

The surname Terreblanche or Terblanche means 'white earth'. It comes from terre or tera, meaning 'earth', and blanche, meaning 'white'.

- hugo_murray

Terblanche Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Terblanche Come From? nationality or country of origin

Terblanche is found most frequently in South Africa. It may also be rendered in the variant forms: Terblanché. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Terblanche? popularity and diffusion

The last name Terblanche is the 31,895th most numerous last name worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 435,780 people. The last name Terblanche occurs predominantly in Africa, where 97 percent of Terblanche live; 97 percent live in Southern Africa and 97 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Terblanche is also the 1,590,275th most prevalent first name at a global level, borne by 41 people.

The surname is most widespread in South Africa, where it is carried by 15,980 people, or 1 in 3,390. In South Africa it is primarily concentrated in: Western Cape, where 25 percent are found, Gauteng, where 24 percent are found and Eastern Cape, where 15 percent are found. Apart from South Africa Terblanche is found in 39 countries. It is also found in England, where 1 percent are found and Swaziland, where 1 percent are found.

Terblanche Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Terblanche surname are 26.77% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 80% being registered with the party.

The amount Terblanche earn in different countries varies marginally. In South Africa they earn 60.82% more than the national average, earning R 382,176 per year and in United States they earn 61.46% more than the national average, earning $69,667 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Terblanché97497/
Terblance9524/
Terblanch9512/
Terbllanche951/
Terblancche951/
Therblanche951/
Terblanchä901/
Terblans78334/
Tierrblanca762/
Terrblonge701/

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