Tervo Family History
Tervo Name Meaning
Finnish: occupational name for a tar-burner or a habitational name from farm names containing the word terva ‘tar’. Recorded as a hereditary surname since the Middle Ages in the Karelian Isthmus. Elsewhere in Karelia and in Savonia and northern Ostrobothnia it is recorded since the 17th century.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022