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

Terrance (Marathi: तेरांश) is carried by more people in The United States than any other country or territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of Terrance.

How Common Is The Last Name Terrance? popularity and diffusion

Terrance is the 335,833rd most commonly held surname at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 6,637,109 people. This last name is primarily found in The Americas, where 36 percent of Terrance live; 32 percent live in North America and 32 percent live in Anglo-North America. Terrance is also the 13,720th most commonly used given name world-wide, borne by 70,772 people.

This surname is most frequently used in The United States, where it is carried by 776 people, or 1 in 467,086. In The United States it is primarily concentrated in: Texas, where 8 percent live, Illinois, where 4 percent live and Michigan, where 3 percent live. Aside from The United States this surname is found in 29 countries. It also occurs in England, where 4 percent live and India, where 4 percent live.

Terrance Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Terrance has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Terrance surname increased 995 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it increased 920 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Terrance Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those carrying the Terrance surname is primarily Catholic (100%) in Ireland.

In The United States those holding the Terrance surname are 12.77% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 59.54% registered to vote for the 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
  • 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 Terrance
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