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
Tere Religious Adherence
in Russia
Religious Adherence
in Russia
Tere Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tere Come From? nationality or country of origin
Tere (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺗﻴﺮﻱ, Hindi: तेरे, Marathi: टेरे, Oriya: େଟେର, Russian: Тере) occurs in The Ivory Coast more than any other country or territory. It can also occur as a variant: Teré, Terê, Tére or Térè. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Tere? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 94,776th most frequently held surname on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 1,450,547 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 45 percent of Tere reside; 39 percent reside in West Africa and 28 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Tere is also the 45,720th most commonly used first name in the world, borne by 15,322 people.
Tere is most frequently used in The Ivory Coast, where it is borne by 1,709 people, or 1 in 13,500. In The Ivory Coast Tere is most numerous in: Montagnes District, where 34 percent live, Bas-Sassandra District, where 30 percent live and Woroba District, where 18 percent live. Outside of The Ivory Coast it occurs in 85 countries. It is also common in India, where 15 percent live and Turkey, where 8 percent live.
Tere Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Tere has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Tere surname rose 514 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it rose 400 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Tere Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the surname is principally 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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