Explore the Family Name Ter Haar

The meaning of Ter Haar

Dutch: habitational name from any of several farms so named or hamlets located in the northeastern Netherlands, from Middle Dutch hare ‘sandy hill’, preceded by a shortened form of the preposition te ‘at’ and the inflected article der ‘the’.

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How common is the last name Ter Haar in the United States?

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census data, the surname Ter Haar experienced slight changes in its popularity between 2000 and 2010. In 2000, the surname was ranked 21,958th in terms of popularity with a count of 1,101 individuals. This figure increased by 6.72% to 1,175 individuals by 2010, causing the surname's ranking to rise slightly to 22,056th. Despite this increase in count, the proportion of individuals with the surname Ter Haar per 100,000 decreased by 2.44%, from 0.41 to 0.4.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#21,958	#22,056	-0.45%
Count	1,101	1,175	6.72%
Proportion per 100k	0.41	0.4	-2.44%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Ter Haar

Regarding ethnicity, the Decennial U.S. Census data reveals that the majority of individuals with the surname Ter Haar identified as White in both 2000 and 2010, although there was a slight decrease of 1.21% over the decade. The number of individuals identifying as Hispanic doubled from 0.54% to 1.02% during this period. The data also shows a new demographic appearing in 2010, with 1.02% of individuals reporting they belong to two or more ethnicities. However, the number of individuals identifying as Black dropped to zero in 2010, while no change was recorded for those identifying as Asian/Pacific Islander or American Indian and Alaskan Native.

	2000	2010	Change
White	98.55%	97.36%	-1.21%
Two or More Races	0%	1.02%	0%
Hispanic	0.54%	1.02%	88.89%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
Black	0.45%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%