Terrier Surname
Approximately 12,732 people bear this surname
Terrier Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| France | 11,452 | 1:5,800 | 485 |
| Switzerland | 505 | 1:16,263 | 2,670 |
| United States | 248 | 1:1,461,528 | 100,066 |
| Jamaica | 140 | 1:20,500 | 1,781 |
| Haiti | 86 | 1:124,231 | 5,655 |
| Argentina | 55 | 1:777,153 | 51,982 |
| New Caledonia | 47 | 1:5,877 | 1,249 |
| Canada | 37 | 1:995,827 | 74,831 |
| Belgium | 32 | 1:359,270 | 39,406 |
| Brazil | 16 | 1:13,379,646 | 256,605 |
| Australia | 16 | 1:1,687,231 | 81,699 |
| England | 14 | 1:3,979,861 | 125,553 |
| Thailand | 9 | 1:7,848,705 | 447,191 |
| Netherlands | 9 | 1:1,876,353 | 85,467 |
| Germany | 9 | 1:8,945,051 | 266,530 |
| Ivory Coast | 7 | 1:3,295,890 | 46,139 |
| Morocco | 4 | 1:8,619,025 | 73,251 |
| Sweden | 3 | 1:3,282,252 | 190,759 |
| Luxembourg | 3 | 1:193,514 | 7,046 |
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
| Spain | 2 | 1:23,376,018 | 128,922 |
| Scotland | 2 | 1:2,676,908 | 51,579 |
| Poland | 2 | 1:19,004,374 | 199,659 |
| Ireland | 2 | 1:2,354,470 | 19,715 |
| Chile | 2 | 1:8,808,237 | 65,417 |
| Mexico | 2 | 1:62,063,102 | 83,384 |
| Greece | 2 | 1:5,539,895 | 129,142 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
| Saint Barthelemy | 1 | 1:9,614 | 134 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 1:4,780,069 | 13,345 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Serbia | 1 | 1:7,144,948 | 38,459 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Nepal | 1 | 1:28,480,956 | 22,413 |
| Monaco | 1 | 1:37,066 | 4,748 |
| Mauritius | 1 | 1:1,293,417 | 16,552 |
| Madagascar | 1 | 1:23,649,837 | 9,420 |
| French Polynesia | 1 | 1:280,805 | 7,211 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 2 | 1:2,214,933 | 33,683 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 11 | 1:2,215,943 | 64,354 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:3,743,216 | 32,299 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:1,568,416 | 19,290 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 107 | 1:469,333 | 33,530 |
Terrier (15) may also be a first name.
Terrier Demographics
Terrier Religious Adherence
in Ireland
Religious Adherence
in Ireland
Terrier Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Terrier Come From? nationality or country of origin
Terrier is found most frequently in France. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Terrier? popularity and diffusion
The surname Terrier is the 41,078th most commonly held last name in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 572,380 people. This last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 95 percent of Terrier live; 94 percent live in Western Europe and 93 percent live in Gallo-Europe. Terrier is also the 2,900,335th most commonly occurring first name globally, held by 15 people.
The last name is most frequent in France, where it is carried by 11,452 people, or 1 in 5,800. In France it is most numerous in: Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, where 27 percent are found, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, where 13 percent are found and Île-de-France, where 12 percent are found. Not including France this surname occurs in 50 countries. It is also found in Switzerland, where 4 percent are found and The United States, where 2 percent are found.
Terrier Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Terrier has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Terrier last name grew 232 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it grew 127 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it grew 200 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Terrier Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the last name is chiefly Presbyterian (100%) in Ireland.
In The United States those bearing the Terrier surname are 16.77% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 70% registered to vote for the party.
The amount Terrier earn in different countries varies marginally. In United States they earn 9.31% more than the national average, earning $47,167 USD per year and in Canada they earn 7.28% more than the national average, earning $53,302 CAD per year.
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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 Terrier
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