The Teran surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 8,557 people carried this name — #4,139 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 34,500 people counted. That is up 46% from 5,869 in 2000.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 4,775 people named Teran live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Buenos Aires Province.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
45 people named Teran live in Switzerland.
They live in 5 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Vaud.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 38 people named Teran.
10 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 9 départements, most often Cantal.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In national population registers
225 people named Teran are counted in Slovenia and Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published. Slovenia counts its residents on 1 January 2026.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown) · source: Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia (SURS), SiStat tables 05X1015S–05X1018S, family names of the population, 1 January 2026 (names with 20 or more bearers shown).
In print
Teran in American newspapers,
1918–1922.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 16,270 pages in all carry the name.
In print
Teran in Australian newspapers,
1850s–1950s.
163 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Teran. The most, 25, date from the 1920s. Weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, it stands out most in Queensland, at 2.0 times its expected share.
Articles, by state
Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Teran.
Who carried it
People named Teran,
with a public archive behind them.
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Juan Manuel Terán Mata 1917–1992 · politician
Wikidata (CC0) · 8 lives in all are documented under this name.
In the public record
People named Teran,
in the records of 4 countries.
Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.
United States179 records
- U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 120
- U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 27
- U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 23
- New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 6
- U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 1
- New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 1
- U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 1
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Example: U.S. registration card, 1942 Military record Albert TeranBorn 1921 in Texas. Enlisted 1942 at Fort Bliss El Paso; stock clerk from El Paso County. U.S. Army Air Forces veteran of World War II; died 1997, buried at Fort Bliss National Cemetery, Texas.
U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) -
Example: U.S. war memorial War record Refugio Thomas TeranBorn 1949; from Westland, Michigan. U.S. Army; declared dead 1970 in Quang Tri, South Vietnam.
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Example: U.S. burial record, 1864 Burial record Celestino TeranU.S. Navy veteran of the Vietnam War. Born 1938, died 1997; buried at Fort Bliss National Cemetery, Texas.
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
Showing 3 of 179 records for Teran in the United States.
Counts: U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain); Record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864, U.S. National Archives (public domain).
France18 records
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Example: French death register, 1930 Death record Balbino TeranBorn 1916 in Spain; died 1995 in Vaulx-en-Velin (Rhône).
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Example: French death register, 1930 Death record Fe Simona TeranBorn 1897 in Spain; died 1991 in Saint-Ouen (Seine-Saint-Denis).
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Example: French death register, 1930 Death record Bernard Louis TeranBorn 1937 in Melun (Seine-et-Marne); died 1997 in Quincy-sous-Sénart (Essonne).
Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)
Showing 3 of 18 records for Teran in France.
Counts: Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Death register of Nice, 1930, Archives départementales des Alpes-Maritimes (public domain).
Australia3 records
- Victoria wills and probate, deaths to 2001 2
- Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 1
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Example: probate petition, 1848 Probate record Steve TeranPainter of Kinglake, Victoria; died 1978.
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Example: passenger manifest, 1903 Passenger record Harriet TeranArrived in Victoria in 1856 as an assisted immigrant aboard the Omega, aged 19.
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Example: probate petition, 1848 Probate record Robert TeranRetired signwriter of Balwyn, Victoria; died 1989.
Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Petition to the probate court, St. Louis, 1848, Missouri Historical Society (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).
Netherlands1 record
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Example: burial register, 1858 Burial record Anthonia TeranBuried in 1764 in Utrecht.
Open Archives, Het Utrechts Archief (CC BY 4.0)
Counts: Open Archives (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Burial register of Newtown, Montgomeryshire, 1858, National Library of Wales (CC0).
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Teran.
- Tena 3,279 · U.S. census
- Tenant 218 · U.S. census
- Tenenbaum 1,212 · U.S. census
- Tennant 8,693 · U.S. census
- Tenney 7,238 · U.S. census
- Tenorio 8,629 · U.S. census
- Ternet 138 · U.S. census
- Ternus 320 · U.S. census
- Teron 173 · U.S. census
- Terra 1,124 · U.S. census
- Terral 639 · U.S. census
- Terrana 595 · U.S. census
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