Tranter Surname
Approximately 9,327 people bear this surname
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.
Read More About This SurnameTranter Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 4,963 | 1:11,227 | 1,664 |
| Australia | 1,949 | 1:13,851 | 1,974 |
| United States | 1,252 | 1:289,504 | 26,878 |
| Wales | 362 | 1:8,548 | 948 |
| Canada | 329 | 1:111,993 | 11,960 |
| New Zealand | 126 | 1:35,939 | 6,159 |
| Scotland | 65 | 1:82,366 | 6,014 |
| South Africa | 63 | 1:859,964 | 56,669 |
| Thailand | 48 | 1:1,471,632 | 200,579 |
| Malta | 36 | 1:11,952 | 723 |
| Singapore | 34 | 1:161,991 | 6,884 |
| Switzerland | 14 | 1:586,637 | 40,624 |
| United Arab Emirates | 11 | 1:832,934 | 27,512 |
| Germany | 9 | 1:8,945,051 | 266,530 |
| France | 8 | 1:8,302,840 | 321,660 |
| Qatar | 6 | 1:393,000 | 55,922 |
| Malaysia | 6 | 1:4,915,704 | 170,578 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 6 | 1:16,528 | 1,436 |
| Northern Ireland | 5 | 1:369,007 | 15,220 |
| Hong Kong | 5 | 1:1,467,097 | 5,611 |
| Jersey | 3 | 1:33,067 | 4,675 |
| Belgium | 3 | 1:3,832,215 | 117,288 |
| Japan | 3 | 1:42,614,764 | 59,022 |
| Netherlands | 2 | 1:8,443,588 | 136,641 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Barbados | 1 | 1:287,448 | 2,772 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Central African Republic | 1 | 1:4,515,390 | 1,196 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 1:4,780,069 | 13,345 |
| Croatia | 1 | 1:4,228,604 | 99,289 |
| Isle of Man | 1 | 1:85,822 | 4,091 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| Slovakia | 1 | 1:5,336,450 | 140,422 |
| Estonia | 1 | 1:1,321,804 | 40,178 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 2,153 | 1:11,322 | 1,733 |
| Wales | 62 | 1:25,297 | 1,450 |
| Scotland | 5 | 1:748,643 | 18,576 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 107 | 1:469,333 | 33,530 |
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.
(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.
A word of uncertain origin, signifying, according to Bailey, a "sort of fisherman;" but Halliwell says that it is in various dialects, a carrier.
Tranter: the man who peddles and hawks from place to place. The name remain as Trant.
Tranter Demographics
Average Tranter Salary in
United States
$47,759 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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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
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Traunter | 93 | 18 | / |
| Tranther | 93 | 6 | / |
| Trainter | 93 | 1 | / |
| Trantier | 93 | 1 | / |
| Trannter | 93 | 1 | / |
| Trante | 92 | 50 | / |
| Trantes | 86 | 59 | / |
| Trantea | 86 | 38 | / |
| Trantie | 86 | 32 | / |
| Tranthe | 86 | 9 | / |
| Trantýr | 86 | 4 | / |
| Trantir | 86 | 1 | / |
| Trantet | 86 | 1 | / |
| Trantez | 86 | 1 | / |
| Tronter | 86 | 1 | / |
| Trasente | 80 | 164 | / |
| Tracente | 80 | 3 | / |
| Trontier | 80 | 1 | / |
| Thrantey | 80 | 0 | / |
| Tramte | 77 | 386 | / |
| Tranta | 77 | 314 | / |
| Tranty | 77 | 23 | / |
| Tranti | 77 | 12 | / |
| Tronte | 77 | 2 | / |
| Tranthi | 71 | 1,367 | / |
| Treanta | 71 | 144 | / |
| Trantis | 71 | 32 | / |
| Thronte | 71 | 24 | / |
| Trainta | 71 | 16 | / |
| Trantiy | 71 | 4 | / |
| Trantýrová | 71 | 3 | / |
| Trontte | 71 | 1 | / |
| Thranti | 71 | 1 | / |
| Tranthai | 67 | 11 | / |
| Tranthuy | 67 | 8 | / |
| Treantis | 67 | 5 | / |
| Traintti | 67 | 1 | / |
| Traintis | 67 | 1 | / |
| Treintes | 67 | 1 | / |
| Tranthii | 67 | 1 | / |
| Tronti | 62 | 288 | / |
| Tronta | 62 | 1 | / |
| Tronty | 62 | 0 | / |
| Treinta | 57 | 254 | / |
| Trontti | 57 | 18 | / |
| Trontis | 57 | 14 | / |
| Trounta | 57 | 1 | / |
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