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    The surname Terpstra

    A Frisian surname, carried by 2,514 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex T612

    Terpstra: #12,370 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Terpstra #12,370, 2,514 people Terpstra: #12,370 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Terpstra #12,370, 2,514 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Terpstra is more common than 92.4% of them.

    Origin

    Frisian origin

    Borrowed from West Frisian Terpstra or Dutch Terpstra.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,514 people named Terpstra in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 122,810 Americans. That is up 8.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,319.

    #12,370
    rank among US surnames
    2,514
    people in 2010
    0.8
    per 100,000 Americans
    +8.4%
    change since 2000 (was #12,299)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #12,362Bart2,515122,762
    #12,370Mikel2,514122,810
    #12,378Richer2,513122,859

    Who is named Terpstra

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

    97% of people named Terpstra identified as white (not Hispanic).

    • White (not Hispanic) 97%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 0.9%
    • Two or more races 0.8%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Questions

    Where does the surname Terpstra come from?
    Borrowed from West Frisian Terpstra or Dutch Terpstra.
    How common is the surname Terpstra?
    2,514 people in the United States had the surname Terpstra in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 122,810 Americans. It ranked 12,370th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Terpstra?
    In the 2010 Census, 97% of people named Terpstra identified as white (not Hispanic), and 0.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Terpstra getting more or less common?
    More common. 2,319 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,514 in 2010, up 8.4%.