Treasure Surname

92,366th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 5,174 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Australia
Highest density in:
Jamaica

Treasure Surname Definition:

Old English Tresor, treasure, a hoard. It is manifest that the Somersetshire Treasures are descended from Nicholas Tresor mentioned below. The only difficulty is to account for the sobriquet. Possibly it is a local surname meaning 'at the Treasure,' a treasurer, one in care of his lord's money-bags; v.

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Treasure Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Australia1,7241:15,6592,212
United States1,2101:299,55327,650
England8991:61,9787,298
Jamaica5521:5,199675
Canada1661:221,96121,363
Nigeria1271:1,394,82554,286
Egypt1221:753,57238,342
Wales931:33,2753,343
South Africa921:588,88845,159
India241:31,961,058386,265
New Zealand231:196,88420,367
Scotland131:411,83217,291
Ireland101:470,89415,820
Myanmar91:5,770,887975
Uganda81:4,879,910106,546
United States Virgin Islands81:13,7971,930
China81:170,915,1968,932
United Arab Emirates71:1,308,89651,006
Thailand71:10,091,192512,203
Tanzania41:13,235,40384,310
Kuwait41:950,17418,811
France41:16,605,680368,153
Philippines41:25,309,556279,062
Hong Kong31:2,445,1619,595
Bahamas31:130,5841,472
Iran31:25,594,175224,183
Germany31:26,835,153452,368
Kenya31:15,393,30077,493
Pakistan31:59,547,962132,569
Poland21:19,004,374199,659
Spain21:23,376,018128,922
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Serbia11:7,144,94838,459
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
Taiwan11:23,444,74693,622
Turks and Caicos Islands11:34,329862
Vietnam11:92,646,0548,382
Ukraine11:45,522,696503,646
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
Northern Ireland11:1,845,03620,648
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Barbados11:287,4482,772
Botswana11:2,186,92930,250
Burkina Faso11:18,352,10030,051
Cayman Islands11:63,8932,384
Cuba11:11,522,71617,380
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
Dominica11:75,891912
Dominican Republic11:10,432,93236,508
Puerto Rico11:3,550,1399,109
Ecuador11:15,905,84650,210
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Kazakhstan11:17,682,496204,010
Nepal11:28,480,95622,413
Peru11:31,784,12364,452
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland11:4,429,86640,727
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England3651:66,7827,604
Wales641:24,5071,407
Jersey31:17,2942,528
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States981:512,43635,831

Treasure (8,079) may also be a first name.

Treasure Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

Old English Tresor, treasure, a hoard. It is manifest that the Somersetshire Treasures are descended from Nicholas Tresor mentioned below. The only difficulty is to account for the sobriquet. Possibly it is a local surname meaning 'at the Treasure,' a treasurer, one in care of his lord's money-bags; v. Treasurer, Countinghouse, Chamberlain, &c.

Nicholas Tresor, Wiltshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.

1596. Edmund Tressur and Margaret Eastfield: Marriage Lic. (London).

1803. Married — David Treasur and Janet Forfar: St. George, Hanover Square.

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

Same as Tresahar, from Tresare, Cornwall; from Cornish tre-sair, the woodman's or carpenter's town.

Ludus Patronymicus (1868) by Richard Stephen Charnock

The name of Treasure has its present home in the Bath district. In the 13th century Tresor was a Wiltshire name.

Homes of Family Names in Great Britain (1890) by Henry Brougham Guppy

Treasure Last Name Facts

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

The surname Treasure occurs more in Australia more than any other country or territory. It may appear as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Treasure.

How Common Is The Last Name Treasure? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 92,366th most common family name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,408,494 people. It occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 36 percent of Treasure live; 34 percent live in Australasia and 34 percent live in Australia and New Zealand. Treasure is also the 70,597th most prevalent given name worldwide, borne by 8,079 people.

The last name is most commonly used in Australia, where it is carried by 1,724 people, or 1 in 15,659. In Australia it is mostly found in: Victoria, where 46 percent reside, Western Australia, where 17 percent reside and New South Wales, where 15 percent reside. Beside Australia this surname occurs in 62 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 23 percent reside and England, where 17 percent reside.

Treasure Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Treasure has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Treasure last name grew 1,235 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it grew 246 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it grew 145 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it grew 1,000 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Treasure Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the Treasure last name is primarily Methodist (100%) in Ireland.

In The United States those holding the Treasure last name are 22.87% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 69.64% being registered to vote for the party.

The amount Treasure earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 26.39% less than the national average, earning R 174,924 per year; in United States they earn 2.85% more than the national average, earning $44,377 USD per year and in Canada they earn 23.81% more than the national average, earning $61,515 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Treasurer94258/
Treasured946/
Treausure940/
Tresure939/
Treasur933/
Trasure932/
Treasury8833/
Tresurer884/
Tressure882/
Trashure880/
Treazure880/
Treasura880/
Thressure821/
Tresore8051/
Tresuur801/
Trasuri801/
Trasura801/
Trashur800/
Threshures781/
Trescuri7510/
Traisura757/
Thrashur752/
Tresseur751/
Threasor751/
Treshour750/
Tresor7112,899/
Trisur712/
Threashor710/
Tresoor6798/
Trisura6725/
Tressor674/
Trecour672/
Trissur671/
Trasora671/
Trachur671/
Trajour671/
Thrasor670/
Traysor670/

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