Terpstra Surname

44,923rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 11,556 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

Terpstra Surname Definition:

(Frisian), Mound place? (variant: van Camstra.)

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Terpstra Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands6,6731:2,531178
United States3,4151:106,13711,649
Canada8781:41,9655,224
Australia3121:86,5259,997
New Zealand941:48,1747,829
Germany461:1,750,119100,509
Portugal281:372,08012,265
England201:2,785,90397,972
Switzerland101:821,29253,588
Belgium91:1,277,40587,318
Thailand91:7,848,705447,191
Sweden81:1,230,84590,587
Japan51:25,568,85950,629
France51:13,284,544357,392
Philippines31:33,746,074302,898
Spain31:15,584,012120,866
Argentina31:14,247,805235,975
Italy31:20,385,563143,117
Croatia31:1,409,53570,997
Malaysia21:14,747,112316,340
Mexico21:62,063,10283,384
Zimbabwe21:7,719,120118,432
Indonesia21:66,124,597756,638
Bahamas21:195,8761,708
Denmark21:2,822,35876,882
Scotland21:2,676,90851,579
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Wales11:3,094,53244,023
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
Belize11:355,4743,977
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Peru11:31,784,12364,452
Panama11:3,912,25817,195
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Guam11:160,1214,893
Mozambique11:27,261,5697,432
Maldives11:404,1727,269
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States171:2,954,040135,915

Terpstra (10) may also be a first name.

Terpstra Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(Frisian), Mound place? (variant: van Camstra.)

Surnames (1857) by Bernard Homer Dixon

User-submitted Reference

Terpstra is Frisian, a related but different language than Dutch. Friesland was once its own country. Now it is a semi-autonomous province in Holland. The name refers to terpen, i.e., the mounds (hills) of raised earth that Friesland built to keep their land above sea level and avoid being flooded. Terpstra means one who lives on a terpen. Linguistically, the Frisian suffix -stra has the same meaning as the Dutch prefix Van-.

- micatxpaca

Terpstra Last Name Facts

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

The last name Terpstra (Russian: Терпстра) is more frequently found in The Netherlands than any other country/territory. It can also be found as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Terpstra? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 44,923rd most widespread last name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 630,629 people. This surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 59 percent of Terpstra live; 58 percent live in Western Europe and 58 percent live in Germanic Europe. Terpstra is also the 3,684,242nd most frequent first name internationally. It is borne by 10 people.

This last name is most common in The Netherlands, where it is carried by 6,673 people, or 1 in 2,531. In The Netherlands it is mostly concentrated in: Friesland, where 34 percent are found, North Holland, where 16 percent are found and Groningen, where 10 percent are found. Aside from The Netherlands Terpstra occurs in 40 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 30 percent are found and Canada, where 8 percent are found.

Terpstra Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Terpstra has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Terpstra last name expanded 20,088 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Terpstra Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Terpstra last name are 20.74% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 67.51% being registered with the party.

The amount Terpstra earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 10.38% more than the national average, earning $47,630 USD per year and in Canada they earn 3.02% more than the national average, earning $51,185 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Terpstera946/
Terepstra941/
Torpstra8840/
Terpstre881/
Terpstar881/
Toure Epse Wattara541/

Terpstra Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Terpstra in the Russian language
Терпстраterpstra-

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