Terço Surname

3,882,373rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 26 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Brazil
Highest density in:
Portugal

Terço Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Terço Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Brazil201:10,703,717220,519
Portugal41:2,604,56016,079
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795

The alternate forms: Terco (1,004) are calculated separately.

Terço Last Name Facts

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

The last name Terço is held by more people in Brazil than any other country/territory. It can also appear as: Terco. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Terço? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 3,882,373rd most commonly held surname on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 280,290,228 people. Terço occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 85 percent of Terço live; 77 percent live in South America and 77 percent live in Luso-South America.

The surname is most commonly occurring in Brazil, where it is held by 20 people, or 1 in 10,703,717. In Brazil Terço is mostly found in: Rio de Janeiro, where 35 percent live, Amazonas, where 25 percent live and São Paulo, where 20 percent live. Excluding Brazil it exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Portugal, where 15 percent live and The United States, where 8 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Terco931,004/
Terços915/
Terzo802,849/
Terso80423/
Terjo8018/
Terça801/
Tersoo736,140/
Tercio73957/
Tersou73131/
Tersio7329/
Tierzo7319/
Tercho7318/
Terdjo7316/
Tersco7310/
Tersso739/
Terças738/
Tierso732/
Tertso732/
Teerzo731/
Tersoa731/
Tierco731/
Tersoh731/
Tersho731/
Terzoo731/
Terzoh731/
Terjos731/
Terjoux6732/
Terzout6714/
Thercio672/
Tercios671/
Tershoo671/
Teersoo671/
Thercoj671/
Terchos671/
Terjuoy671/
Tersoux671/
Tertsoo671/

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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 Terço
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