The Terrier surname
In the 2000 U.S. Census, 175 people carried this name — #96,480 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 1,666,700 people counted.
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In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 4,483 people named Terrier.
78 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 90 départements, most often Saône-et-Loire.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere 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
338 people named Terrier live in Switzerland.
They live in 12 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Geneva.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere 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.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 31 people named Terrier 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 Hainaut.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Terrier.
- Terranova 3,251 · U.S. census
- Terras 108 · U.S. census
- Terre 154 · U.S. census
- Terres 371 · U.S. census
- Terrible 101 · U.S. census
- Terrien 677 · U.S. census
- Terris 453 · U.S. census
- Terro 227 · U.S. census
- Terron 261 · U.S. census
- Terrones 3,070 · U.S. census
- Terry 83,437 · U.S. census
- Terryn 144 · U.S. census
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