Thera Surname
Approximately 38,557 people bear this surname
Thera Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mali | 35,365 | 1:480 | 72 |
| Malawi | 2,039 | 1:8,396 | 1,286 |
| Ivory Coast | 205 | 1:112,543 | 5,675 |
| India | 168 | 1:4,565,865 | 118,158 |
| Burkina Faso | 152 | 1:120,738 | 3,458 |
| Thailand | 136 | 1:519,400 | 90,176 |
| Haiti | 115 | 1:92,904 | 4,590 |
| Canada | 101 | 1:364,808 | 32,793 |
| Zambia | 49 | 1:323,468 | 17,649 |
| France | 43 | 1:1,544,714 | 145,815 |
| United States | 33 | 1:10,983,604 | 436,696 |
| Zimbabwe | 28 | 1:551,366 | 43,741 |
| Israel | 24 | 1:356,568 | 29,419 |
| Senegal | 15 | 1:971,956 | 3,098 |
| Malaysia | 11 | 1:2,681,293 | 102,971 |
| England | 10 | 1:5,571,806 | 158,774 |
| Guinea | 9 | 1:1,314,869 | 1,461 |
| Indonesia | 8 | 1:16,531,149 | 488,268 |
| Brazil | 5 | 1:42,814,866 | 547,158 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Nigeria | 4 | 1:44,285,690 | 437,567 |
| Germany | 3 | 1:26,835,153 | 452,368 |
| Czechia | 3 | 1:3,544,490 | 144,714 |
| Taiwan | 2 | 1:11,722,373 | 63,559 |
| Philippines | 2 | 1:50,619,112 | 341,003 |
| South Sudan | 1 | 1:11,415,076 | 3,182 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Sri Lanka | 1 | 1:20,808,560 | 18,521 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Kosovo | 1 | 1:1,861,869 | 14,990 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 8 | 1:6,277,336 | 262,771 |
The alternate forms: Théra (845) are calculated separately.
Thera (3,678) may also be a first name.
Thera Demographics
Average Thera Salary in
United States
$30,479 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Thera Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Thera Come From? nationality or country of origin
Thera (Arabic: تهيرا, Hindi: थेरा, Marathi: थेरा, Tibetan: ཐ་ར་) has its highest incidence in Mali. It may also occur in the variant forms: Théra. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Thera? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 14,464th most commonly held surname at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 189,007 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Thera live; 92 percent live in West Africa and 92 percent live in Mande Africa. Thera is also the 116,347th most commonly used first name globally, borne by 3,678 people.
This last name is most frequent in Mali, where it is borne by 35,365 people, or 1 in 480. Other than Mali it occurs in 47 countries. It also occurs in Malawi, where 5 percent reside and The Ivory Coast, where 1 percent reside.
Thera Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Thera has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Thera surname grew 413 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Thera Last Name Statistics demography
The amount Thera earn in different countries varies significantly. In United States they earn 29.36% less than the national average, earning $30,479 USD per year and in Canada they earn 0.62% more than the national average, earning $49,991 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Thera Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Thera in the Tibetan language | ||
| ཐ་ར་ | tara | - |
| Thera in the Marathi language | ||
| थेरा | thera | 50 |
| तीेरा | tiera | 50 |
| Thera in the Hindi language | ||
| थेरा | thera | 33.33 |
| ठेड़ा | thera | 33.33 |
| ठेरा | thera | 33.33 |
| Thera in the Arabic language | ||
| تهيرا | thyra | - |
| يثرا | ythra | - |
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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 Thera
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