Terere Surname
Approximately 624 people bear this surname
Terere Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 241 | 1:191,618 | 14,201 |
| Zimbabwe | 194 | 1:79,579 | 11,668 |
| Fiji | 126 | 1:7,098 | 1,425 |
| Indonesia | 29 | 1:4,560,317 | 223,141 |
| Uganda | 10 | 1:3,903,928 | 93,934 |
| Papua New Guinea | 6 | 1:1,358,953 | 118,663 |
| Kiribati | 4 | 1:28,352 | 669 |
| Nigeria | 4 | 1:44,285,690 | 437,567 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| New Zealand | 2 | 1:2,264,162 | 49,210 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | 1:580,029 | 22,243 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
The alternate forms: Tereré (1) & Tererê (1) are calculated separately.
Terere (507) may also be a first name.
Terere Demographics
Terere Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Terere Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Terere Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Terere is found most in Kenya. It can occur in the variant forms: Tereré or Tererê. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Terere? popularity and diffusion
It is the 521,266th most commonly used family name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 11,678,759 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 72 percent of Terere reside; 40 percent reside in East Africa and 36 percent reside in Nilo-Saharan Africa. It is also the 375,944th most commonly used first name on earth, borne by 507 people.
The last name is most commonly held in Kenya, where it is borne by 241 people, or 1 in 191,618. In Kenya it is mostly found in: Kajiado County, where 51 percent live, Narok County, where 41 percent live and Bungoma County, where 4 percent live. Outside of Kenya this surname occurs in 15 countries. It also occurs in Zimbabwe, where 31 percent live and Fiji, where 20 percent live.
Terere Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the Terere surname is primarily Christian (100%) in Kenya.
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Terere
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