How common is the surname Ternes?

1,413 people in the United States had the surname Ternes in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 218,504 Americans. It ranked 19,210th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Ternes?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Ternes identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Ternes getting more or less common?

More common. 1,336 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,413 in 2010, up 5.8%.

The surname Ternes

A surname, carried by 1,413 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex T652

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Ternes is more common than 88.2% of them.

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,413 people named Ternes in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 218,504 Americans. That is up 5.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,336.

#19,210

rank among US surnames

1,413

people in 2010

0.5

per 100,000 Americans

+5.8%

change since 2000 (was #18,909)

Who is named Ternes

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

95% of people named Ternes identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.3% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%
Two or more races 1.3%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Ternes

Terrones

Ternes has the Soundex code T652, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code T652.

Questions

How common is the surname Ternes?: 1,413 people in the United States had the surname Ternes in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 218,504 Americans. It ranked 19,210th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Ternes?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Ternes identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Ternes getting more or less common?: More common. 1,336 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,413 in 2010, up 5.8%.