The Terras surname

In the 2000 U.S. Census, 108 people carried this name — #141,788 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 2,500,000 people counted.

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In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 518 people named Terras.

21 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 38 départements, most often Drôme.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 21

Drôme 90

Bouches-du-Rhône 85

Ardèche 75

Var 48

Paris 44

Vaucluse 26

Creuse 15

Rhône 15

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

In Belgium’s population register

At least 112 people named Terras live in Belgium.

Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in West Flanders.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

West Flanders 71

Hainaut 27

East Flanders 14

Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.

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