Teran
surname · Latin script
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
/tɛran/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Teran is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Venezuela than in any other country. In Bolivia it is the 83rd most common surname.
- VEVenezuela≈1 in 594(inferred from the name graph)
- ECEcuador1 in 923
- BOBolivia≈1 in 1.5K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Venezuela (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 267 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 594 (inferred from the name graph)
≈48,000 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Venezuela, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin
No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.
Sources 1
- Deshayes, Dictionnaire étymologique du breton (2003)
Where in the world(measured from records)
Teran counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VE Venezuela | #104 | ≈48,000 est. | ≈1 in 594 | — | Teran | 74 |
| EC Ecuador | #177 | 18,320 | 1 in 923 | 18K | Teran | 75 |
| PE Peru | #517 | ≈8,800 est. | ≈1 in 3.6K | — | Teran | 59 |
| US United States | — | 8,557 | 1 in 39K | 8.6K | Teran | 267 |
| CO Colombia | #559 | ≈8,100 est. | ≈1 in 6.1K | 5 | Teran | 86 |
| BO Bolivia | #83 | ≈7,600 est. | ≈1 in 1.5K | — | Teran | 56 |
| UY Uruguay | — | 1,421 | 1 in 2.4K | 1.4K | — | 26 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: INEC — civil registry names; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; the co-datosgov-candidates register; INE Uruguay — Apellidos más frecuentes 1902–2024 (Tableau Public). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Teran is also recorded in 6 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In iba, to strain, force (as in trying to speak when ill, or when defecating)
as a wordAustronesian Comparative Dictionary (ACD), CLDF v2.0
In poz-wmp-pro, strain while defecating or in childbirth
as a wordAustronesian Comparative Dictionary (ACD), CLDF v2.0
In gmw-pro, to tear; snatch or pull off (from); tug
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Esperanto, accusative singular of tera
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Finnish, genitive singular of tera
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In ang, to tear (rend)
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Juan Manuel Terán Matab. 1917MXMexican politician
- María Esther Terán Velázquezb. 1952MXMexican politician
- Boston Teranb. 1953USAmerican writer
- José Alejandro Teranb. 1980VEvenezolan politic
- Rubén Terán Águilab. 1981MXMexican politician
- Klemen Teranb. 1989SIresearcher
- Leonardo Teranb. 1993VEVenezuelan association football player
- Nataša TeranSIresearcher
- Irma María Terán VillalobosMXMexican politician
- Enrique TeranECresearcher
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 39 sources across 26 countries.
Reference works 2
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- How do you pronounce Teran?
- A machine transcription gives /tɛran/ (IPA) for Spanish.
- In which country does Teran have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 48 thousand people named Teran in Venezuela, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled teran.
- How common is the name Teran?
- In Ecuador, the national register counted 18,320 people named Teran in 2024, about 1 in 923 residents.
- How common is Teran compared with other names?
- In Venezuela, Teran is the 104th most common surname of 83,461 surnames recorded there.
What do you want to know about Teran?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/teranThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Teran” — the 104th most common surname in Venezuela. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.