Traveller Surname

714,947th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 409 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Maldives

Traveller Surname Definition:

TRAVALOUR: John Travalour received a payment in 1509 (Rent. Dunk., p. 65).

Traveller Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1351:2,684,881161,220
England1241:449,33929,774
India241:31,961,058386,265
Australia151:1,799,71385,184
Singapore131:423,66918,211
Canada111:3,349,599180,238
Netherlands111:1,535,19878,311
Egypt91:10,215,08448,153
Sri Lanka91:2,312,0629,186
New Zealand61:754,72041,661
Saudi Arabia41:7,713,95437,548
Wales41:773,63329,106
Ghana41:6,755,17315,406
Kuwait41:950,17418,811
China31:455,773,85521,925
Thailand31:23,546,115908,588
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
Uganda21:19,519,640189,114
Italy21:30,578,344160,757
Indonesia21:66,124,597756,638
Germany21:40,252,730481,636
France21:33,211,361423,184
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Bangladesh11:159,356,77326,077
Northern Ireland11:1,845,03620,648
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
Romania11:20,077,87089,414
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220
Maldives11:404,1727,269
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Kazakhstan11:17,682,496204,010
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
Georgia11:3,745,54547,852
El Salvador11:6,343,8888,415
Croatia11:4,228,60499,289
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England671:363,81122,769
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States191:2,643,089124,494

Traveller (34) may also be a first name.

Traveller Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

TRAVALOUR: John Travalour received a payment in 1509 (Rent. Dunk., p. 65).

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

A man who has visited foreign countries.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

The same name as Trevailor, q. v.

Patronymica Cornu-Britannica (1870) by Richard Stephen Charnock

Same as the Cornish name Trevailor, from Trevailer, in Madderne; from tre-vailer, vayler, the workman's town.

Ludus Patronymicus (1868) by Richard Stephen Charnock

Traveller Last Name Facts

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

The surname Traveller is borne by more people in The United States than any other country/territory. It can be found as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Traveller? popularity and diffusion

The surname Traveller is the 714,947th most widely held last name globally. It is borne by around 1 in 17,817,961 people. The last name Traveller occurs mostly in Europe, where 37 percent of Traveller are found; 35 percent are found in North America and 35 percent are found in Anglo-North America. It is also the 1,775,424th most common given name in the world. It is borne by 34 people.

This surname is most common in The United States, where it is held by 135 people, or 1 in 2,684,881. In The United States Traveller is primarily found in: Utah, where 61 percent reside, Idaho, where 15 percent reside and California, where 10 percent reside. Barring The United States Traveller occurs in 39 countries. It is also common in England, where 30 percent reside and India, where 6 percent reside.

Traveller Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Traveller has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Traveller last name rose 711 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it rose 185 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Traveller Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Traveller last name are 38.42% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 85.19% being registered to vote for the political party.

Traveller earn around the same as the average income. In United States they earn 1.23% more than the national average, earning $43,679 USD per year.

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