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 last name Tranter is found in England more than any other country/territory. It may also be found as:. Click here for other potential spellings of Tranter.

How Common Is The Last Name Tranter? popularity and diffusion

The surname Tranter is the 54,564th most commonly occurring surname throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 781,339 people. This surname is primarily found in Europe, where 59 percent of Tranter reside; 58 percent reside in Northern Europe and 58 percent reside in British Isles. Tranter is also the 2,136,160th most commonly held given name on earth, borne by 25 people.

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

Tranter Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Tranter has changed through the years. In England the share of the population with the last name expanded 231 percent between 1881 and 2014; in The United States it expanded 1,170 percent between 1880 and 2014; in Wales it expanded 584 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Scotland it expanded 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 Republicans than The US average, with 64.18% being registered to vote for the 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

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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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