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There are approximately 17,785 people named Terry in the UK. That makes it the 559th most common surname overall. Out of every million people in the UK, approximately 281 are named Terry.

Region of origin

British Isles

Country of origin

England

Language of origin

English

Religion of origin

Christian

Classification

English
From given name or forename

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The Terry surname in historical dictionaries

Patronymica Britannica (1860)

TERRY. Not ' the tearful one ' as some etymologists have it, but a corruption of Theodoric, the personal name, like the Fr. Thierry. In H.R. Terri and Terry are without prefix.

Lower, Mark A (1860) Patronymica Britannica: a dictionary of the family names of the United Kingdom. London: J.R. Smith. Public Domain.

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