Terrazas Surname

8,740th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 65,003 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Mexico
Highest density in:
Bolivia

Terrazas Surname Definition:

Catalan name.

Terrazas Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Mexico27,6311:4,492586
Bolivia21,7981:48791
United States10,1941:35,5564,439
Peru1,8131:17,5312,142
Spain1,2281:38,0723,738
Chile8651:20,3661,298
Argentina8321:51,3744,335
Brazil2821:759,12927,666
Ecuador881:180,7487,583
France501:1,328,454133,611
Canada331:1,116,53381,834
Dominican Republic231:453,60614,824
Iceland221:17,2771,456
Venezuela221:1,372,91318,810
Paraguay141:516,9106,745
Colombia131:3,674,92915,922
England121:4,643,172139,951
Australia101:2,699,570109,631
New Zealand81:566,04034,598
Croatia71:604,08640,820
Nicaragua61:1,003,5154,885
Honduras51:1,763,2885,823
Italy51:12,231,338126,430
Thailand51:14,127,669603,945
Costa Rica41:1,195,0176,919
Germany31:26,835,153452,368
Wales31:1,031,51134,732
South Africa31:18,059,235248,362
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
Russia21:72,061,528727,117
Belgium21:5,748,322130,559
Czechia21:5,316,734169,646
El Salvador21:3,171,9446,376
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
Uruguay11:3,431,75838,295
Puerto Rico11:3,550,1399,109
Belize11:355,4743,977
Panama11:3,912,25817,195
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Mongolia11:2,825,28917,010
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Ivory Coast11:23,071,23276,679
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States131:3,862,976168,604

Terrazas (31) may also be a first name.

Terrazas Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

Catalan name.

Spanish Surnames In The Southwestern United States (1978) by Richard Donovon Woods

Terrazas Last Name Facts

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

The last name Terrazas is found most frequently in Mexico. It can occur as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Terrazas? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 8,740th most frequently used surname on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 112,111 people. The last name Terrazas occurs mostly in The Americas, where 97 percent of Terrazas are found; 57 percent are found in North America and 43 percent are found in Hispano-North America. It is also the 1,874,099th most frequently held forename throughout the world, held by 31 people.

The last name Terrazas is most prevalent in Mexico, where it is held by 27,631 people, or 1 in 4,492. In Mexico Terrazas is most common in: Chihuahua, where 29 percent are found, México, where 12 percent are found and Querétaro, where 9 percent are found. Barring Mexico this surname is found in 46 countries. It also occurs in Bolivia, where 34 percent are found and The United States, where 16 percent are found.

Terrazas Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Terrazas has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Terrazas surname grew 78,415 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Terrazas Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Terrazas surname are 38.63% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 91.86% being registered to vote for the party.

The amount Terrazas earn in different countries varies notably. In Peru they earn 0.67% less than the national average, earning S/. 19,256 per year; in Colombia they earn 4.05% less than the national average, earning $21,782,500 COP per year; in United States they earn 13.91% less than the national average, earning $37,149 USD per year and in Canada they earn 19.85% less than the national average, earning $39,822 CAD per year.

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