Three Surname

229,324th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,767 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Iran
Highest density in:
Iran

Three Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Three Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Iran1,7341:44,2815,049
Thailand101:7,063,834426,148
India61:127,844,230863,365
Canada51:7,369,118289,406
Nigeria41:44,285,690437,567
China21:683,660,78330,601
Liberia21:2,204,26840,131
Northern Ireland11:1,845,03620,648
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England51:4,875,074116,529

Three (964) may also be a first name.

Three Last Name Facts

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

The surname Three (Arabic: ثري, Tibetan: ཐི་རི་) occurs more in Iran more than any other country/territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Three? popularity and diffusion

It is the 229,324th most commonly occurring family name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 4,124,248 people. This last name is predominantly found in Asia, where 99 percent of Three live; 98 percent live in South Asia and 98 percent live in Islamic South Asia. Three is also the 259,771st most widely held first name internationally, held by 964 people.

The surname is most commonly occurring in Iran, where it is borne by 1,734 people, or 1 in 44,281. In Iran Three is most frequent in: Tehran Province, where 24 percent reside, Khuzestan Province, where 11 percent reside and Ardabil Province, where 11 percent reside. Barring Iran this surname occurs in 10 countries. It is also common in Thailand, where 1 percent reside and India, where 0 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Threey911/
Thtree911/
Tree894,776/
Thre8918/
Threeth831/
Trees802,029/
Treep80433/
Treer80265/
Treet8059/
Treez8014/
Treeh8013/
Treed8011/
Treeß8011/
Thrie807/
Ttree803/
Threa803/
Treej803/
Treey802/
Trree801/
Thrhe801/
Dtree800/
Threeths7731/
Geethree771/
Tre753,886/
Treesh73543/
Treher73114/
Treest7343/
Treetz7325/
Thrett737/
Treech737/
Trheet734/
Treess732/
Threth731/
Ddtree731/
D'Tree731/
Threih731/
Threit731/
Thryhe730/
Trahee730/
Trohee730/
Tres674,660/
Treu673,630/
Trey672,930/
Trie672,017/
Treh671,485/
Trei67805/
Trea67581/
Trez67330/
Treß67286/
Tret67217/
Threiss67107/
Trep6778/
Thri6769/
Treć6764/
Tőre6750/
Thry6743/
Thrä6739/
Treesch679/
Tred678/
Trze678/
Threash677/
Trhe675/
Træe675/
Tråe674/
Htre672/
Trer672/
Trre672/
Trge672/
Trée672/
Tehered671/
Thretts671/
Thőresz671/
Thretch670/
Treehee670/

Three Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Three in the Tibetan language
ཐི་རི་tiri-
Three in the Arabic language
ثريthry-

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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 Three
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