Terrance Surname

335,833rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,098 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Saint Lucia

Terrance Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Terrance Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States7761:467,08639,768
England461:1,211,26256,182
India431:17,838,730274,051
Malaysia401:737,35634,564
Canada391:944,75971,777
Saint Lucia351:5,108704
Australia331:818,05251,601
Papua New Guinea231:354,50947,011
Scotland161:334,61415,044
Nigeria131:13,626,366237,812
Qatar61:393,00055,922
South Africa41:13,544,426222,367
Sri Lanka41:5,202,14012,146
Pakistan21:89,321,942157,560
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
Spain21:23,376,018128,922
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Botswana11:2,186,92930,250
Zambia11:15,849,92253,989
Wales11:3,094,53244,023
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Taiwan11:23,444,74693,622
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Dominican Republic11:10,432,93236,508
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Macau11:601,6301,582
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
Jamaica11:2,869,94713,896
Ivory Coast11:23,071,23276,679
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland51:885,97323,404
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Scotland161:233,9518,207
England51:4,875,074116,529
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States781:643,82942,510

Terrance (70,772) may also be a first name.

Terrance Last Name Facts

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

The last name Terrance (Marathi: तेरांश) is found most in The United States. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Terrance.

How Common Is The Last Name Terrance? popularity and diffusion

The last name Terrance is the 335,833rd most frequent last name in the world It is held by around 1 in 6,637,109 people. Terrance occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 36 percent of Terrance reside; 32 percent reside in North America and 32 percent reside in Anglo-North America. It is also the 13,720th most widespread forename at a global level, held by 70,772 people.

Terrance is most commonly used in The United States, where it is borne by 776 people, or 1 in 467,086. In The United States Terrance is mostly found in: Texas, where 8 percent live, Illinois, where 4 percent live and Michigan, where 3 percent live. Besides The United States it is found in 29 countries. It is also common in England, where 4 percent live and India, where 4 percent live.

Terrance Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Terrance has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Terrance last name expanded 995 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it expanded 920 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Terrance Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the last name is chiefly Catholic (100%) in Ireland.

In The United States those bearing the Terrance last name are 12.77% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 59.54% registered with the political party.

The amount Terrance earn in different countries varies marginally. In United States they earn 19.81% less than the national average, earning $34,602 USD per year and in Canada they earn 17.91% less than the national average, earning $40,784 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Terrance Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Terrance in the Marathi language
तेरांशteransa50
टेरेtere25
टेिरन्सteiransa25

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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 Terrance
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