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    The surname Teran

    A surname, carried by 8,557 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex T650

    Teran: #4,139 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Teran #4,139, 8,557 people Teran: #4,139 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Teran #4,139, 8,557 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Teran is more common than 97.4% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 8,557 people named Teran in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 36,081 Americans. That is up 46% since 2000, when the Census counted 5,869.

    #4,139
    rank among US surnames
    8,557
    people in 2010
    2.9
    per 100,000 Americans
    +45.8%
    change since 2000 (was #5,452)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #4,130Harbin8,58735,955
    #4,131Molnar8,58635,959
    #4,132Gough8,58435,968
    #4,133Bandy8,58235,976
    #4,134Moncada8,57436,010
    #4,135Chavira8,57336,014
    #4,138Welker8,56636,043

    Who is named Teran

    Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

    87% of people named Teran identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 10% as white (not Hispanic) and 1.2% as Black (not Hispanic).

    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 87%
    • White (not Hispanic) 10%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 1.2%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.9%
    • Two or more races 0.4%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

    Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

    Famous Terans

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Mario Terán
      Bolivian army soldier, 1942–2022

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Teran

    Teran has the Soundex code T650, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code T650.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Teran?
    8,557 people in the United States had the surname Teran in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 36,081 Americans. It ranked 4,139th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Teran?
    In the 2010 Census, 87% of people named Teran identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 10% as white (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Teran?
    Mario Terán, Bolivian army soldier.
    Where is the surname Teran most common?
    Wikidata records people named Teran in Bolivia.
    Is the surname Teran getting more or less common?
    More common. 5,869 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 8,557 in 2010, up 46%.