Terranova
surname · Latin script
Meaning: Newfoundland (a large island of the coast of eastern Canada, part of the province of Newfoundland and Labrador)
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
/tɝɑˈnoʊvə/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Terranova is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Italy than in any other country.
- USUnited States1 in 102K(measured from records)
- GBUnited Kingdom≈1 in 113K
- ITItaly≈1 in 8K
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.
- Italy (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 296 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 8.0K (inferred from the name graph)
≈7,800 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Italy, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
Newfoundland (a large island of the coast of eastern Canada, part of the province of Newfoundland and Labrador)
Sources 1
- kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Attested across 3 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Terranova 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 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IT Italy | ≈7,800 est. | ≈1 in 8K | listed | Terranova | 57 |
| US United States | 3,271 | 1 in 102K | 3.3K | Terranova | 296 |
| AR Argentina | 805 | 1 in 56K | 805 | — | 1 |
| FR France | ≈620 est. | ≈1 in 109K | 79 | — | 3 |
| GB United Kingdom | ≈580 est. | ≈1 in 113K | 59 | Terranova | 46 |
| CH Switzerland | 178 | 1 in 47K | 178 | — | 12 |
| UY Uruguay | 58 | 1 in 58K | 58 | — | — |
| JM Jamaica | ≈55 est. | ≈1 in 51K | — | Terranova | 2 |
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: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Surnames of England and Wales (taliesin-arlein.net, Sept 2002 electoral register); RENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national); the italian-surnames-defelice-1978 register; BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames); INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000); 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)
Terranova is also recorded in one other lexicon, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In Italian, composto de Terra e nova; pode indicar habitante de Terranova
as a nameDicionário dos sobrenomes italianos
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)
- Vincenzo Terranovab. 1886USAmerican mobster (1886–1922)
- Ciro Terranovab. 1887USAmerican mobster (1887-1938)
- Phil Terranovab. 1919USAmerican boxer (1919-2000)
- Cesare Terranovab. 1921ITItalian Antimafia judge and politician murdered by the Mafia (1921-1979)
- Osvaldo Terranovab. 1924ARArgentine actor (1924–1984)
- Rita Terranovab. 1957ARArgentinian actor
- Tiziana Terranovab. 1967ITItalian theorist, activist, faculty (born 1967)
- Mike Terranovab. 1976DEItalian footballer
- Nadia Terranovab. 1978ITItalian writer and blogger
- Emanuele Terranovab. 1987ITItalian footballer
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 30 sources across 19 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 3.3K | #9,884 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 3.3K | #9,226 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 3.2K | #9,618 |
| AR Argentina | RENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national) | — | 805 | — |
| CH Switzerland | BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames) | 2024 | 178 | #6,897 |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1961 | 115 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1981 | 96 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1991 | 79 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1971 | 61 | — |
| GB United Kingdom | Surnames of England and Wales (taliesin-arlein.net, Sept 2002 electoral register) | 2002 | 59 | #45,944 |
| UY Uruguay | INE Uruguay — Apellidos más frecuentes 1902–2024 (Tableau Public) | — | 58 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1951 | 55 | — |
Reference works 4
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- Cognomix.it (Nomix s.r.l.) — Italian surname origin dictionary
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
- What does the name Terranova mean, and where does it come from?
- Newfoundland (a large island of the coast of eastern Canada, part of the province of Newfoundland and Labrador) Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
- How do you pronounce Terranova?
- A machine transcription gives /tɝɑˈnoʊvə/ (IPA) for English.
- In which country does Terranova have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 7.8 thousand people named Terranova in Italy, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled terranova.
- How common is the name Terranova?
- In the United States, the national register counted 3,271 people named Terranova in 2010, about 1 in 102 thousand residents.
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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, “Terranova”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.