Tertius Surname
Approximately 444 people bear this surname
Tertius Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chad | 385 | 1:35,304 | 4,109 |
| Haiti | 47 | 1:227,317 | 8,615 |
| Brazil | 3 | 1:71,358,111 | 770,017 |
| Mexico | 2 | 1:62,063,102 | 83,384 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scotland | 2 | 1:1,871,608 | 27,884 |
Tertius (3,784) may also be a first name.
Tertius Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tertius Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Tertius is found in Chad more than any other country/territory. It can also be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Tertius click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Tertius? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 672,867th most frequently held family name on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 16,413,392 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 88 percent of Tertius are found; 87 percent are found in West Africa and 87 percent are found in Chadic Africa. It is also the 114,362nd most widespread first name in the world, held by 3,784 people.
Tertius is most widely held in Chad, where it is held by 385 people, or 1 in 35,304. Outside of Chad this last name is found in 8 countries. It is also common in Haiti, where 11 percent reside and Brazil, where 1 percent reside.
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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 Tertius
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