Terma Surname
Approximately 164 people bear this surname
Terma Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 55 | 1:148,249 | 20,445 |
| Nigeria | 49 | 1:3,615,158 | 105,602 |
| Spain | 22 | 1:2,125,093 | 54,547 |
| Afghanistan | 15 | 1:2,143,546 | 15,005 |
| Russia | 6 | 1:24,020,509 | 493,300 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Indonesia | 3 | 1:44,083,065 | 698,220 |
| Liberia | 2 | 1:2,204,268 | 40,131 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Kosovo | 1 | 1:1,861,869 | 14,990 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
The alternate forms: Termä (11) are calculated separately.
Terma (382) may also be a first name.
Terma Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Terma Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Terma (Hindi: तेरमा, Russian: Терма, Tibetan: སྟེར་མ།) is most common in Papua New Guinea. It may appear as: Termä. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Terma? popularity and diffusion
Terma is the 1,353,468th most commonly occurring last name on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 44,436,256 people. The last name Terma is primarily found in Oceania, where 34 percent of Terma live; 34 percent live in Oceania Islands and 34 percent live in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 443,564th most prevalent first name in the world It is held by 382 people.
Terma is most frequently held in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 55 people, or 1 in 148,249. In Papua New Guinea it is most common in: Western Highlands, where 71 percent live, Jiwaka, where 27 percent live and Madang, where 2 percent live. Not including Papua New Guinea Terma occurs in 16 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 30 percent live and Spain, where 13 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Terma Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Terma in the Tibetan language | ||
| སྟེར་མ། | terma | - |
| Terma in the Hindi language | ||
| तेरमा | terama | - |
| Terma in the Russian language | ||
| Терма | terma | - |
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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 Terma
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