Traunter Surname

4,649,889th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 18 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
Scotland

Traunter 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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Traunter Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England121:4,643,172139,951
Scotland51:1,070,76331,189
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England501:487,50726,996

Traunter 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

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

Traunter Last Name Facts

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

The last name Traunter is most common in England. It can appear as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Traunter? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 4,649,889th most frequent family name on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 404,863,662 people. The last name is mostly found in Europe, where 94 percent of Traunter live; 94 percent live in Northern Europe and 94 percent live in British Isles.

Traunter is most frequently used in England, where it is carried by 12 people, or 1 in 4,643,172. In England Traunter is primarily concentrated in: East Riding of Yorkshire, where 42 percent live, South Yorkshire, where 33 percent live and Hampshire, where 8 percent live. Not including England this last name exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Scotland, where 28 percent live and Australia, where 6 percent live.

Traunter Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Traunter has changed through the years. In England the number of people who held the Traunter surname contracted 76 percent between 1881 and 2014.

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Tracente753/
Trajante751/
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Tranty7123/
Tranti7112/
Trunty714/
Tronte712/
Trunta711/
Tranthi671,367/
Treanta67144/
Trantis6732/
Thronte6724/
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Trantiy674/
Trantýrová673/
Trunthi672/
Trounta671/
Thranti671/
Trontte671/

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