Terfous Surname

1,628,521st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 123 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
France
Highest density in:
France

Terfous Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Terfous Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
France951:699,18788,446
Algeria91:4,292,39548,087
Morocco91:3,830,67854,497
Switzerland41:2,053,22997,179
Belgium21:5,748,322130,559
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Terfous Last Name Facts

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

The surname Terfous is found most in France. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Terfous? popularity and diffusion

The surname Terfous is the 1,628,521st most widely held last name globally, held by around 1 in 59,248,341 people. The last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 83 percent of Terfous reside; 82 percent reside in Western Europe and 82 percent reside in Gallo-Europe.

It is most frequently used in France, where it is held by 95 people, or 1 in 699,187. In France Terfous is most numerous in: Hauts-de-France, where 43 percent are found, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, where 26 percent are found and Île-de-France, where 22 percent are found. Besides France this last name is found in 8 countries. It is also found in Algeria, where 7 percent are found and Morocco, where 7 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Terfouss933/
Terfus929/
Tarfous8661/
Trefous865/
Terfu8325/
Tearfoss800/
Terfas771,843/
Trefou7749/
Trefousse759/
Trefois71484/
Terfoja719/
Torfoss717/
Tiorfos713/
Terfase713/
Tearfop710/
Terfa6713,311/
Tirfu671,289/
Terfasse675/
Trefo675/
Tirfo671/
Terfooth671/

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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 Terfous
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