Tranter Surname

54,564th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 9,327 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
Wales

Tranter Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from an occupation. 'the tranter,' i.e. a pedlar, a hawker. 'Tranter, a carrier. Various dialects' (Halliwell).

'And had some traunting chapman for his sire.' - Bishop Hall, Satires.

Agnes Traunter: Churchwardens' Accounts, Ludlow, 1547: Camden Soc.

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Tranter Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England4,9631:11,2271,664
Australia1,9491:13,8511,974
United States1,2521:289,50426,878
Wales3621:8,548948
Canada3291:111,99311,960
New Zealand1261:35,9396,159
Scotland651:82,3666,014
South Africa631:859,96456,669
Thailand481:1,471,632200,579
Malta361:11,952723
Singapore341:161,9916,884
Switzerland141:586,63740,624
United Arab Emirates111:832,93427,512
Germany91:8,945,051266,530
France81:8,302,840321,660
Qatar61:393,00055,922
Malaysia61:4,915,704170,578
Antigua and Barbuda61:16,5281,436
Northern Ireland51:369,00715,220
Hong Kong51:1,467,0975,611
Jersey31:33,0674,675
Belgium31:3,832,215117,288
Japan31:42,614,76459,022
Netherlands21:8,443,588136,641
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Barbados11:287,4482,772
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
Central African Republic11:4,515,3901,196
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Costa Rica11:4,780,06913,345
Croatia11:4,228,60499,289
Isle of Man11:85,8224,091
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
Ecuador11:15,905,84650,210
Slovakia11:5,336,450140,422
Estonia11:1,321,80440,178
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England2,1531:11,3221,733
Wales621:25,2971,450
Scotland51:748,64318,576
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1071:469,33333,530

Tranter (25) may also be a first name.

Tranter Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from an occupation. 'the tranter,' i.e. a pedlar, a hawker. 'Tranter, a carrier. Various dialects' (Halliwell).

'And had some traunting chapman for his sire.' - Bishop Hall, Satires.

Agnes Traunter: Churchwardens' Accounts, Ludlow, 1547: Camden Soc.

Annes Tranter: ibid.

1622. Married — William Tranton and Martha Laine: St. James, Clerkenwell.

1739. — John Pegg and Elizabeth Traunter: St. George, Hanover Square.

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

(Teutonic) Peddler, Carrier [cp. Middle Dutch tranten, to walk slowly; Low Ger. trant, a walk, pace] Dick Dewy’s father, Reuben, by vocation a tranter, or irregular carrier.—T. Hardy, Under the Greenwood-Tree, i. 2.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

A word of uncertain origin, signifying, according to Bailey, a "sort of fisherman;" but Halliwell says that it is in various dialects, a carrier.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

Tranter: the man who peddles and hawks from place to place. The name remain as Trant.

Family Names And Their Story (1913) by Sabine Baring-Gould

Tranter Last Name Facts

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

The surname Tranter has its highest incidence in England. It may also be found as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Tranter? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 54,564th most commonly held family name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 781,339 people. The surname is predominantly found in Europe, where 59 percent of Tranter live; 58 percent live in Northern Europe and 58 percent live in British Isles. Tranter is also the 2,136,160th most commonly used first name throughout the world. It is borne by 25 people.

The last name is most widespread in England, where it is borne by 4,963 people, or 1 in 11,227. In England Tranter is most frequent in: West Midlands, where 23 percent are found, Staffordshire, where 9 percent are found and Shropshire, where 8 percent are found. Beside England this surname occurs in 41 countries. It also occurs in Australia, where 21 percent are found and The United States, where 13 percent are found.

Tranter Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Tranter has changed over time. In England the share of the population with the surname increased 231 percent between 1881 and 2014; in The United States it increased 1,170 percent between 1880 and 2014; in Wales it increased 584 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Scotland it increased 1,300 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Tranter Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Tranter last name are 17.41% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 64.18% registered with the political party.

The amount Tranter earn in different countries varies notably. In South Africa they earn 7.26% less than the national average, earning R 220,392 per year; in United States they earn 10.68% more than the national average, earning $47,759 USD per year and in Canada they earn 13.01% more than the national average, earning $56,147 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Traunter9318/
Tranther936/
Trainter931/
Trantier931/
Trannter931/
Trante9250/
Trantes8659/
Trantea8638/
Trantie8632/
Tranthe869/
Trantýr864/
Trantir861/
Trantet861/
Trantez861/
Tronter861/
Trasente80164/
Tracente803/
Trontier801/
Thrantey800/
Tramte77386/
Tranta77314/
Tranty7723/
Tranti7712/
Tronte772/
Tranthi711,367/
Treanta71144/
Trantis7132/
Thronte7124/
Trainta7116/
Trantiy714/
Trantýrová713/
Trontte711/
Thranti711/
Tranthai6711/
Tranthuy678/
Treantis675/
Traintti671/
Traintis671/
Treintes671/
Tranthii671/
Tronti62288/
Tronta621/
Tronty620/
Treinta57254/
Trontti5718/
Trontis5714/
Trounta571/

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