Tere Surname
Approximately 5,024 people bear this surname
Tere Surname Definition:
Contracted from Mac-y-theyir, 'The Carpenter’s Son'.
‘Ciaran Mac-ak-tsair', a.d. 990.
‘The importance attached by the Act, 5 Ed. IV to the bearing of an English surname, soon induced many of the less distinguished Irish families, of the English Pale, and its vicinity, to translate or disguise their Irish names, so as to make them appear English; thus Mac-an-T-saor was altered to Carpenter.
Read More About This SurnameTere Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ivory Coast | 1,709 | 1:13,500 | 1,089 |
| India | 758 | 1:1,011,960 | 42,602 |
| Turkey | 400 | 1:194,554 | 14,406 |
| Papua New Guinea | 215 | 1:37,924 | 4,566 |
| French Polynesia | 209 | 1:1,344 | 211 |
| Indonesia | 170 | 1:777,936 | 59,310 |
| Guinea | 158 | 1:74,898 | 773 |
| Iran | 149 | 1:515,319 | 30,242 |
| Russia | 119 | 1:1,211,118 | 88,466 |
| Nigeria | 118 | 1:1,501,210 | 57,254 |
| Kenya | 96 | 1:481,041 | 24,996 |
| DR Congo | 82 | 1:900,970 | 60,382 |
| Spain | 74 | 1:631,784 | 28,875 |
| Colombia | 60 | 1:796,235 | 8,422 |
| New Zealand | 60 | 1:75,472 | 11,103 |
| Cameroon | 56 | 1:370,876 | 32,690 |
| Lesotho | 38 | 1:53,488 | 8,156 |
| Mexico | 38 | 1:3,266,479 | 23,844 |
| Benin | 36 | 1:287,100 | 24,014 |
| United States | 36 | 1:10,068,304 | 413,125 |
| Argentina | 31 | 1:1,378,820 | 78,351 |
| Albania | 30 | 1:97,135 | 9,519 |
| Brazil | 29 | 1:7,381,874 | 170,034 |
| Uganda | 28 | 1:1,394,260 | 52,673 |
| Burkina Faso | 28 | 1:655,432 | 8,018 |
| Taiwan | 24 | 1:976,864 | 6,814 |
| Cook Islands | 21 | 1:866 | 178 |
| Zimbabwe | 21 | 1:735,154 | 52,165 |
| Ethiopia | 16 | 1:6,096,641 | 11,907 |
| Estonia | 15 | 1:88,120 | 15,474 |
| France | 12 | 1:5,535,227 | 269,324 |
| Croatia | 11 | 1:384,419 | 33,360 |
| Solomon Islands | 10 | 1:58,003 | 11,702 |
| Israel | 10 | 1:855,763 | 54,181 |
| Latvia | 8 | 1:256,256 | 23,728 |
| Mauritania | 8 | 1:511,858 | 18,608 |
| Philippines | 8 | 1:12,654,778 | 228,986 |
| Australia | 8 | 1:3,374,463 | 124,818 |
| Peru | 7 | 1:4,540,589 | 34,489 |
| Canada | 7 | 1:5,263,656 | 239,735 |
| Chile | 7 | 1:2,516,639 | 33,195 |
| Greece | 6 | 1:1,846,632 | 89,049 |
| United Arab Emirates | 6 | 1:1,527,046 | 51,993 |
| Belarus | 6 | 1:1,583,510 | 89,472 |
| Germany | 5 | 1:16,101,092 | 397,699 |
| Venezuela | 4 | 1:7,551,019 | 53,668 |
| Finland | 4 | 1:1,374,176 | 50,379 |
| England | 4 | 1:13,929,515 | 290,718 |
| Tunisia | 4 | 1:152,656 | 17,743 |
| Lithuania | 4 | 1:758,647 | 25,175 |
| Puerto Rico | 4 | 1:887,535 | 4,548 |
| Portugal | 4 | 1:2,604,560 | 16,079 |
| Morocco | 4 | 1:8,619,025 | 73,251 |
| Panama | 4 | 1:978,064 | 12,245 |
| Afghanistan | 3 | 1:10,717,728 | 35,605 |
| Italy | 3 | 1:20,385,563 | 143,117 |
| Malaysia | 3 | 1:9,831,408 | 269,765 |
| Kazakhstan | 3 | 1:5,894,165 | 166,702 |
| Netherlands | 2 | 1:8,443,588 | 136,641 |
| Algeria | 2 | 1:19,315,776 | 97,017 |
| Costa Rica | 2 | 1:2,390,034 | 10,205 |
| Ecuador | 2 | 1:7,952,923 | 34,269 |
| El Salvador | 2 | 1:3,171,944 | 6,376 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 1:9,649,122 | 47,873 |
| Bahrain | 1 | 1:1,348,608 | 10,432 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Tajikistan | 1 | 1:8,386,692 | 12,859 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Cuba | 1 | 1:11,522,716 | 17,380 |
| Bolivia | 1 | 1:10,616,434 | 17,077 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Central African Republic | 1 | 1:4,515,390 | 1,196 |
| Mongolia | 1 | 1:2,825,289 | 17,010 |
| Paraguay | 1 | 1:7,236,746 | 16,511 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Oman | 1 | 1:3,687,971 | 14,390 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,429,866 | 40,727 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1 | 1:24,375,369 | 195,128 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 7 | 1:7,174,098 | 302,835 |
The alternate forms: Teré (5), Terê (3), Tére (1) & Térè (1) are calculated separately.
Tere (15,322) may also be a first name.
Tere Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
Contracted from Mac-y-theyir, 'The Carpenter’s Son'.
‘Ciaran Mac-ak-tsair', a.d. 990.
‘The importance attached by the Act, 5 Ed. IV to the bearing of an English surname, soon induced many of the less distinguished Irish families, of the English Pale, and its vicinity, to translate or disguise their Irish names, so as to make them appear English; thus Mac-an-T-saor was altered to Carpenter.' Tear is much commoner in the north of the island than the south.
Tere Demographics
Average Tere Salary in
United States
$36,575 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Tere Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tere Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Tere (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺗﻴﺮﻱ, Hindi: तेरे, Marathi: टेरे, Oriya: େଟେର, Russian: Тере) is found most frequently in The Ivory Coast. It can be found in the variant forms: Teré, Terê, Tére or Térè. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Tere? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 94,776th most frequently used surname on earth, borne by around 1 in 1,450,547 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 45 percent of Tere live; 39 percent live in West Africa and 28 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Tere is also the 45,720th most widely held forename at a global level It is held by 15,322 people.
The last name is most commonly used in The Ivory Coast, where it is held by 1,709 people, or 1 in 13,500. In The Ivory Coast Tere is most numerous in: Montagnes District, where 34 percent are found, Bas-Sassandra District, where 30 percent are found and Woroba District, where 18 percent are found. Aside from The Ivory Coast Tere is found in 85 countries. It is also common in India, where 15 percent are found and Turkey, where 8 percent are found.
Tere Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Tere has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name expanded 514 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it expanded 400 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Tere Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the Tere last name is chiefly Episcopalian (100%) in Ireland and Orthodox (75%) in Russia.
The amount Tere earn in different countries varies significantly. In Colombia they earn 17.78% more than the national average, earning $26,739,000 COP per year and in United States they earn 15.24% less than the national average, earning $36,575 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Tere Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Tere in the Hindi language | ||
| तेरे | tere | 60 |
| टेरे | tere | 40 |
| Tere in the Marathi language | ||
| टेरे | tere | 55.73 |
| तेरे | tere | 43.21 |
| थेरे | there | 0.35 |
| तोेरे | toere | 0.35 |
| ताेरे | taere | 0.35 |
| Tere in the Oriya language | ||
| େଟେର | etera | 53.85 |
| େତେର | etera | 46.15 |
| Tere in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺗﻴﺮﻱ | tyry | 50 |
| ﺗﻴﺮﻩ | tyrh | 50 |
| Tere in the Russian language | ||
| Тере | tere | - |
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