Travers Surname

19,429th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 28,237 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Guernsey

Travers Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. the French 'de la traverse,' from residence beside a crossway, a point where roads met. Oddly enough, I have no early instance to show, but the origin is unmistakable. The full form Traverse is found at Rainhill, Liverpool.

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Travers Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11,6131:31,2113,884
France4,0171:16,5351,780
England3,8071:14,6362,160
Australia3,1381:8,6031,279
Canada1,3161:27,9983,707
Ireland1,2291:3,832661
Scotland7971:6,7171,046
New Zealand4381:10,3391,797
Liberia2621:16,8261,739
Northern Ireland1891:9,7621,559
Wales1561:19,8372,100
South Africa1491:363,60933,044
Uruguay1401:24,5132,864
Thailand1011:699,390116,161
Argentina891:480,26335,686
Belgium721:159,67622,068
Zimbabwe691:223,74325,019
Italy621:986,39869,332
Nicaragua601:100,3521,886
Germany511:1,578,53893,812
Jamaica481:59,7913,201
New Caledonia471:5,8771,249
Singapore391:141,2236,278
Guernsey371:1,742400
Jersey361:2,756488
French Polynesia311:9,0581,949
Malaysia201:1,474,71161,770
Qatar191:124,10514,725
Brazil181:11,893,018236,958
Cayman Islands171:3,758489
Denmark161:352,79524,706
Switzerland151:547,52838,365
United Arab Emirates111:832,93427,512
Sweden91:1,094,08481,336
Philippines71:14,462,603238,248
Netherlands71:2,412,45494,797
Russia61:24,020,509493,300
Mexico61:20,687,70153,861
Indonesia51:26,449,839597,308
Spain51:9,350,407109,555
Saudi Arabia41:7,713,95437,548
Bahrain41:337,1526,054
Malta41:107,5681,849
Chile41:4,404,11844,633
Chad41:3,398,0507,703
China41:341,830,39216,990
Czechia41:2,658,367127,801
Hong Kong41:1,833,8716,220
Japan41:31,961,07353,820
Tanzania31:17,647,204107,932
Macau21:300,8151,009
Austria21:4,257,71899,224
Greece21:5,539,895129,142
India21:383,532,6911,645,216
Israel21:4,278,817136,311
Nigeria21:88,571,379625,098
Jordan21:4,421,21822,351
Belize21:177,7373,502
Laos11:6,588,3231,961
El Salvador11:6,343,8888,415
Moldova11:3,561,36878,271
Azerbaijan11:9,649,12247,873
Cyprus11:884,87613,055
Vietnam11:92,646,0548,382
Cuba11:11,522,71617,380
Costa Rica11:4,780,06913,345
Estonia11:1,321,80440,178
Colombia11:47,774,07244,230
Maldives11:404,1727,269
North Macedonia11:2,101,47231,546
Antigua and Barbuda11:99,1712,137
Andorra11:83,8382,381
Myanmar11:51,937,9852,166
Falkland Islands11:3,132317
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
Namibia11:2,409,40119,676
Grenada11:108,5351,793
Senegal11:14,579,34211,705
Kyrgyzstan11:5,972,65499,197
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Kazakhstan11:17,682,496204,010
Isle of Man11:85,8224,091
Peru11:31,784,12364,452
Panama11:3,912,25817,195
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
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PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland1,2041:3,679654
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1,2431:19,6102,807
Scotland1901:19,7011,978
Wales511:30,7531,694
Guernsey111:2,969521
Jersey31:17,2942,528
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1,5981:31,4263,789

Travers (861) may also be a first name.

Travers Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. the French 'de la traverse,' from residence beside a crossway, a point where roads met. Oddly enough, I have no early instance to show, but the origin is unmistakable. The full form Traverse is found at Rainhill, Liverpool. The intermediate stage between Traverse and Travis is seen in such an entry as this:

1640. Baptised — Cordwell Traverse, son of Phillip Travesse: St. Dionis Backchurch (London).

Walter de Travers, 1219: Hodgson's History of Northumberland.

Hugh Travers, Lincolnshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.

Nigel Travers, Buckinghamshire, ibid.

Robertus Trauers, 1379: T. Yorkshire p. '52.

1578. Ann Travis, or Travers, of Burtonwood: Wills at Chester.

1614. James Travis, of Burtonwood: ibid.

1609. Elizabeth Travers, of Bold: ibid.

1614. Elizabeth Travis, of Bold, widow: ibid.

This is proof beyond question that Travis or Traviss is a corruption of Travers or Traverse.

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

(Anglo-French-Latin) Dweller at a Cross-Road [Old French travers-e; from Latin transversus, oblique, athwart]

— Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

(English, French) Dweller at a crossroad.

— Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

French traverse, a cross path or foot-road leading from one village to another.

— Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

Or De Trevieres, from Trevieres, near Bayeux and Caen. Robert de Travers or Estrevers t. Will. I. m. a daughter of Ranulph Meschin, sister of Ranulph, Viscount of Bayeux, Earl of Chester. He had issue only a dau., his heir, but collaterals existed, of whom in 1165 was Ralph Travers, who held from the See of Worcester, while Bertram and Paganus Travers held from Evesham Abbey, and Robert T. from Henry Lupel in Somerset (Lib. Niger). The name continued in Normandy, where Ranulph de Clinchamp after 1138 assumed the name of Travers. Of this family was the celebrated Puritan preacher Robert Travers t. Elizabeth.

— The Norman People (1874)

A Norman name: From the Domesday Book

— British Family Names (1894) by Henry Barber

Travers: comes from Tévières, between Bayeux and Caen. In the days of the Conqueror, Robert de Travers, or D’Estrivers, Baron of Burgh-upon-Sands, married the daughter of Randulf de Meschines, Lord of Cumberland. He became hereditary forester of Inglewood. “The badge of his office - the jagged branch - is over and over again intro­duced in the chapel of Naworth Castle, which is so rich with arms and cognizances; and where this jagged branch is, in some places, even thrown across the Dacre’s arms fesswise. The forestship of Inglewood was so honourable, and gave so great command, that there is no wonder that the family should wish by every means to set forth their claim to it” (Hutchinson’s “Cumberland”).

— Family Names And Their Story (1913) by Sabine Baring-Gould
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Travers Political Affiliation
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Travers Last Name Facts

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

The surname Travers (Russian: Траверс) is found in The United States more than any other country or territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Travers? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 19,429th most frequently occurring family name on earth It is held by around 1 in 258,085 people. It is primarily found in The Americas, where 41 percent of Travers are found; 39 percent are found in North America and 39 percent are found in Anglo-North America. Travers is also the 277,461st most commonly occurring forename on earth, borne by 861 people.

It is most numerous in The United States, where it is carried by 11,613 people, or 1 in 31,211. In The United States Travers is primarily found in: Maryland, where 15 percent reside, Massachusetts, where 12 percent reside and California, where 8 percent reside. Excluding The United States this last name exists in 85 countries. It also occurs in France, where 14 percent reside and England, where 13 percent reside.

Travers Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Travers has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Travers surname increased 727 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it increased 306 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Ireland it increased 102 percent between 1901 and 2014; in Scotland it increased 419 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Wales it increased 306 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Travers Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the Travers last name is chiefly Catholic (96%) in Ireland.

In The United States those holding the Travers surname are 1.88% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 55.11% being registered with the political party.

The amount Travers earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 191.2% more than the national average, earning R 692,004 per year; in United States they earn 10.18% more than the national average, earning $47,541 USD per year and in Canada they earn 10.62% more than the national average, earning $54,959 CAD per year.

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SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
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Traversj931/
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Treversh8043/
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Travirse801/
Traverce801/
Treavors801/
Travorss800/
Trowers711,233/
Trevors71607/
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Trouwers6763/
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Travers Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Travers in the Russian language
Траверсtravers-

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