Terriff Surname

2,843,861st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 47 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Canada
Highest density in:
Canada

Terriff Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Terriff Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Canada381:969,62173,252
United States81:45,307,367917,113
England11:55,718,059489,080
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

Terriff Last Name Facts

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

Terriff is held by more people in Canada than any other country or territory. It may occur as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Terriff? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 2,843,861st most commonly held surname throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 155,054,168 people. This last name occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 98 percent of Terriff are found; 98 percent are found in North America and 98 percent are found in Anglo-North America.

Terriff is most frequent in Canada, where it is carried by 38 people, or 1 in 969,621. In Canada it is primarily found in: Alberta, where 58 percent reside and British Columbia, where 42 percent reside. Besides Canada it is found in 2 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 17 percent reside and England, where 2 percent reside.

Terriff Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Terriff has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Terriff last name expanded 800 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Terriff Last Name Statistics demography

Terriff earn significantly more than the average income. In Canada they earn 25.21% more than the national average, earning $62,206 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Teriff921/
Teriffe8632/
Tarriff8624/
Terieff862/
Theriff861/
Torriff861/
Toeriff861/
Teuriff860/
Terif8310/
Terzieff80101/
Terife77139/
Tariff7735/
Tesrif779/
Tarrif776/
Terief771/
Taerif771/
Tehrif771/
Tereif771/
Terrefe711,628/
Tereffe7119/
Thariff717/
Taariff711/
Terzief711/
Taroiff711/
Tareiff711/
Tereife711/
Tarif678,027/
Teref672,744/
Torif6715/
Teriv674/
Teherife672/
Terib671/

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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 Terriff
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