Trainor Surname

32,082nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 16,612 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Northern Ireland

Trainor Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from an occupation. 'the trainer,' probably of horses; v. Ambler. It seems very natural that this surname should be first found in Yorkshire.

Robertus Trainer, 1379: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.

1746. Married — Edward Trayner (Lincolnshire) and Jane Webb: St.

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Trainor Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States9,9301:36,5014,530
Canada1,8621:19,7882,759
Northern Ireland1,3851:1,332278
England1,3431:41,4885,318
Australia1,1031:24,4753,348
New Zealand3701:12,2392,128
Scotland2251:23,7952,642
Ireland1371:34,3722,882
Wales631:49,1204,600
Qatar251:94,32010,875
South Africa221:2,462,623101,019
Thailand181:3,924,352328,346
Spain171:2,750,12061,567
France141:4,744,480251,814
Isle of Man141:6,1301,329
Netherlands111:1,535,19878,311
Malaysia91:3,277,136121,952
Sweden71:1,406,680102,017
Mexico71:17,732,31550,495
Hong Kong61:1,222,5805,222
Russia51:28,824,611530,332
Japan41:31,961,07353,820
Brazil31:71,358,111770,017
Germany21:40,252,730481,636
Bahamas21:195,8761,708
Philippines21:50,619,112341,003
Colombia21:23,887,03632,612
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
Switzerland21:4,106,458122,336
India21:383,532,6911,645,216
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Taiwan11:23,444,74693,622
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Senegal11:14,579,34211,705
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
Panama11:3,912,25817,195
Jordan11:8,842,43726,010
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288
Guernsey11:64,4392,137
Guam11:160,1214,893
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
Croatia11:4,228,60499,289
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland1,1611:3,816682
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England2841:85,8299,036
Scotland811:46,2133,298
Guernsey41:8,1641,328
Wales11:1,568,41619,290
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1,6431:30,5653,688

Trainor (38) may also be a first name.

Trainor Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from an occupation. 'the trainer,' probably of horses; v. Ambler. It seems very natural that this surname should be first found in Yorkshire.

Robertus Trainer, 1379: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.

1746. Married — Edward Trayner (Lincolnshire) and Jane Webb: St. George, Hanover Square.

1807. — Owen Traynor and Sarah Harvey: ibid.

A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames (1896) by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley

Recorded in Fife. From Irish personal name Tréanfhear, 'strong man.' Irish Mac Treinfhir.

The Surnames of Scotland (1946) by George Fraser Black (1866-1948)

(Celtic) the Irish Tréinfhear or Tréunfhear (fh mute) = Strong or Brave Man; Hero [Irish tre'éun (pron. train), strong, brave + the aspirated form ot fear, a man: cp mod. Gaelic treunair, 'diligent man’]

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

(Italian) The son of Treanfhear (strong man or champion).

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

The Ossianic hero, Finn Mac-Cool, was grandson of Trenmor or Treanmhar (pron. Treanwar) whence perhaps the surnames Treanor, Traynor, and, as Mr. Mac-Grady thinks, Mac Creanor.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

From tre-noer, the valley famous for land; or tren-our, the golden valley.

Patronymica Cornu-Britannica (1870) by Richard Stephen Charnock

Trainor Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Trainor Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Trainor (Georgian: ტრაინორ) is borne by more people in The United States than any other country/territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Trainor? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 32,082nd most commonly occurring family name throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 438,692 people. The last name Trainor is predominantly found in The Americas, where 71 percent of Trainor reside; 71 percent reside in North America and 71 percent reside in Anglo-North America. Trainor is also the 1,662,754th most commonly used first name worldwide, held by 38 people.

This surname is most numerous in The United States, where it is held by 9,930 people, or 1 in 36,501. In The United States it is primarily concentrated in: Massachusetts, where 11 percent are found, New York, where 9 percent are found and California, where 7 percent are found. Besides The United States this last name exists in 47 countries. It is also found in Canada, where 11 percent are found and Northern Ireland, where 8 percent are found.

Trainor Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Trainor has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Trainor last name expanded 604 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it expanded 473 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it expanded 278 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Ireland it decreased 88 percent between 1901 and 2014 and in Wales it expanded 6,300 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Trainor Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those carrying the last name is chiefly Catholic (92%) in Ireland.

In The United States Trainor are 2.76% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 50.47% registered with the party.

The amount Trainor earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 48.88% more than the national average, earning R 353,796 per year; in United States they earn 10.57% more than the national average, earning $47,708 USD per year and in Canada they earn 2.79% less than the national average, earning $48,295 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Trainoir932/
Trainour931/
Traiinor931/
Trainorr930/
Traianor930/
Trainore930/
Tranor9263/
Trinor923/
Traynor8616,346/
Treanor866,392/
Trainar8631/
Treinor862/
Traenor862/
Tranoir861/
Tragnor860/
Tramnor860/
Trajnor860/
Trannor860/
Truinor860/
Treanore8013/
Trannore8010/
Trojanor803/
Traynore801/
Trainard800/
Trenor77433/
Trynor7779/
Trinur778/
Trénor777/
Trinar775/
Triyonoir7557/
Troianojr751/
Trauthnor750/
Treynor71128/
Traynar7121/
Troinar7118/
Tranarp718/
Trojnor718/
Trenore713/
Trinart712/
Trinatr711/
Trenoir711/
Tringar711/
Tramnar711/
Trajnar711/
Treinar711/
Traynur711/
Tranard710/
Troynor710/
Traynard67322/
Triyanur678/
Tranhart670/

Trainor Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Trainor in the Georgian language
ტრაინორtrainor-

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Trainor Reference & Research

Traylor-Traynor DNA Website - A web page dedicated to the genetic research of those who bear the surname and its variants.

Traylor-Traynor FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.

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