Terter Surname

1,544,715th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 134 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Liberia
Highest density in:
Liberia

Terter Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Terter Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Liberia691:63,8925,540
Papua New Guinea151:543,58166,712
Kenya141:3,298,56438,706
Nigeria91:19,682,529291,344
Russia71:20,589,008462,339
Tunisia41:152,65617,743
Turkey41:19,455,356155,681
France31:22,140,907385,998
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Armenia11:2,930,18022,770
Belarus11:9,501,059159,228
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Ethiopia11:97,546,26229,669
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
Romania11:20,077,87089,414
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

Terter (18) may also be a first name.

Terter Last Name Facts

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

Terter (Arabic: ترتر, Russian: Тертер) is held by more people in Liberia than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Terter? popularity and diffusion

Terter is the 1,544,715th most commonly held family name throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 54,384,671 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 72 percent of Terter live; 58 percent live in West Africa and 51 percent live in Anglo-West Africa. It is also the 2,608,198th most widespread given name globally, borne by 18 people.

This surname is most commonly held in Liberia, where it is held by 69 people, or 1 in 63,892. In Liberia Terter is primarily found in: Bong County, where 77 percent are found, Montserrado County, where 12 percent are found and Nimba County, where 9 percent are found. Apart from Liberia it is found in 14 countries. It is also found in Papua New Guinea, where 11 percent are found and Kenya, where 10 percent are found.

Terter Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Terter has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Terter surname expanded 300 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Terter Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the Terter last name is primarily Christian (100%) in Kenya.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Tertert9226/
Therter921/
Terteer921/
Tehrter920/
Toerter920/
Terte91801/
Terterre861/
Therther860/
Tarter835,161/
Tertre83791/
Tertir83421/
Tertea83151/
Tertei83148/
Tierte8365/
Torter8358/
Tertey8333/
Tirter8321/
Tertes8319/
Tearte8315/
Tertet835/
Tertee834/
Tyrter833/
Tertej831/
Terteh831/
Tertte831/
Therte831/
Teurte831/
Tertie831/
Terterova8044/
Tarteer773/
Teartes771/
Tertrre771/
Tiorter771/
Tertess771/
Tertair771/
Tertett771/
Terteet771/
Thertge770/
Terta73670/
Tirte73142/
Terti73105/
Terty7387/
Tertj731/
Torthear711/
Tirthe67564/
Tirtea67417/
Tartir67295/
Tirtir67285/
Tirtey67147/
Tertis67106/
Tertyi67106/
Tertip6792/
Tirteu6737/
Tertiș6734/
Tertiş6728/
Tretre6722/
Tertio6714/
Tertyy6712/
Tertti678/
Tertiy678/
Tertii676/
Trethe675/
Tirtei675/
Tîrtea674/
Tertha672/
Therty671/
Tertay671/
Tertaa671/
Tesrty671/
Tortir671/
Terthi671/
Tertih671/
Tertij671/
Tearty671/
Terrty670/

Terter Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Terter in the Russian language
Тертерterter-
Terter in the Arabic language
ترترtrtr-

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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 Terter
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