The Terra surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,124 people carried this name — #22,791 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 263,200 people counted. That is up 8% from 1,041 in 2000.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 459 people named Terra 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 France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 144 people named Terra.
12 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 21 départements, most often Loire.
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 Switzerland’s population statistics
32 people named Terra live in Switzerland.
They live in 4 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Geneva.
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 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Terra.
- Tena 3,279 · U.S. census
- Tenant 218 · U.S. census
- Tenenbaum 1,212 · U.S. census
- Ternet 138 · U.S. census
- Ternus 320 · U.S. census
- Teron 173 · U.S. census
- Terral 639 · U.S. census
- Terrana 595 · U.S. census
- Terranova 3,271 · U.S. census
- Terras 138 · U.S. census
- Terre 154 · U.S. census
- Terres 353 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Terra is.
A volume says what happened to it.
Every page in the index is free and stays free. The Heritage Volume is the long form: the full paper trail, the arms, the crossing — bound, and yours.