Terrible surname: U.S. census count, rank and records | FamilyCrests

The Terrible surname

In the 2000 U.S. Census, 101 people carried this name — #149,328 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 66 people named Terrible.

Those born in France came from 16 départements, most often Gironde.

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

Where they were born

Gironde 16
Haute-Saône 13
Dordogne 8
Haute-Vienne 6
Paris 5
Meurthe-et-Moselle 4
Aveyron 2
Marne 2

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

In print

Terrible in American newspapers,
1865–1916.

Newspaper page from The Freeman carrying the name Terrible
The Freeman 1916-12-16
Newspaper page from New-york Daily Tribune carrying the name Terrible
New-york Daily Tribune 1865-08-28
Newspaper page from The New York Herald carrying the name Terrible
The New York Herald 1865-08-27

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 2,212,165 pages in all carry the name.

When the index is not enough

This page says where Terrible is.
A volume says what happened to it.

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