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The surname Terrel

A surname, carried by 1,006 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex T640

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Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Terrel is more common than 84.7% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,006 people named Terrel in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 306,904 Americans. That is up 2.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 979.

#24,762
rank among US surnames
1,006
people in 2010
0.3
per 100,000 Americans
+2.8%
change since 2000 (was #24,037)

Who is named Terrel

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

69% of people named Terrel identified as white (not Hispanic), 21% as Black (not Hispanic) and 4.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

  • White (not Hispanic) 69%
  • Black (not Hispanic) 21%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4.3%
  • Two or more races 3.8%
  • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.4%
  • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.9%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Terrel

Terrel has the Soundex code T640, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code T640.

Questions

How common is the surname Terrel?
1,006 people in the United States had the surname Terrel in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 306,904 Americans. It ranked 24,762nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Terrel?
In the 2010 Census, 69% of people named Terrel identified as white (not Hispanic), and 21% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Terrel getting more or less common?
More common. 979 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,006 in 2010, up 2.8%.