Treasure Surname
Approximately 5,174 people bear this surname
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.
Read More About This SurnameTreasure Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Australia | 1,724 | 1:15,659 | 2,212 |
| United States | 1,210 | 1:299,553 | 27,650 |
| England | 899 | 1:61,978 | 7,298 |
| Jamaica | 552 | 1:5,199 | 675 |
| Canada | 166 | 1:221,961 | 21,363 |
| Nigeria | 127 | 1:1,394,825 | 54,286 |
| Egypt | 122 | 1:753,572 | 38,342 |
| Wales | 93 | 1:33,275 | 3,343 |
| South Africa | 92 | 1:588,888 | 45,159 |
| India | 24 | 1:31,961,058 | 386,265 |
| New Zealand | 23 | 1:196,884 | 20,367 |
| Scotland | 13 | 1:411,832 | 17,291 |
| Ireland | 10 | 1:470,894 | 15,820 |
| Myanmar | 9 | 1:5,770,887 | 975 |
| Uganda | 8 | 1:4,879,910 | 106,546 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 8 | 1:13,797 | 1,930 |
| China | 8 | 1:170,915,196 | 8,932 |
| United Arab Emirates | 7 | 1:1,308,896 | 51,006 |
| Thailand | 7 | 1:10,091,192 | 512,203 |
| Tanzania | 4 | 1:13,235,403 | 84,310 |
| Kuwait | 4 | 1:950,174 | 18,811 |
| France | 4 | 1:16,605,680 | 368,153 |
| Philippines | 4 | 1:25,309,556 | 279,062 |
| Hong Kong | 3 | 1:2,445,161 | 9,595 |
| Bahamas | 3 | 1:130,584 | 1,472 |
| Iran | 3 | 1:25,594,175 | 224,183 |
| Germany | 3 | 1:26,835,153 | 452,368 |
| Kenya | 3 | 1:15,393,300 | 77,493 |
| Pakistan | 3 | 1:59,547,962 | 132,569 |
| Poland | 2 | 1:19,004,374 | 199,659 |
| Spain | 2 | 1:23,376,018 | 128,922 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Serbia | 1 | 1:7,144,948 | 38,459 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | 1 | 1:34,329 | 862 |
| Vietnam | 1 | 1:92,646,054 | 8,382 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Northern Ireland | 1 | 1:1,845,036 | 20,648 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Barbados | 1 | 1:287,448 | 2,772 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Cayman Islands | 1 | 1:63,893 | 2,384 |
| Cuba | 1 | 1:11,522,716 | 17,380 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Dominica | 1 | 1:75,891 | 912 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| Puerto Rico | 1 | 1:3,550,139 | 9,109 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Nepal | 1 | 1:28,480,956 | 22,413 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,429,866 | 40,727 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 365 | 1:66,782 | 7,604 |
| Wales | 64 | 1:24,507 | 1,407 |
| Jersey | 3 | 1:17,294 | 2,528 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 98 | 1:512,436 | 35,831 |
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.
Same as Tresahar, from Tresare, Cornwall; from Cornish tre-sair, the woodman's or carpenter's town.
The name of Treasure has its present home in the Bath district. In the 13th century Tresor was a Wiltshire name.
Treasure Demographics
Average Treasure Salary in
United States
$44,377 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Treasure Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Treasure Come From? nationality or country of origin
Treasure is borne by more people in Australia than any other country or territory. It may also occur as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Treasure? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 92,366th most numerous family name on earth, borne by around 1 in 1,408,494 people. This last name is predominantly found 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 frequent first name globally, borne by 8,079 people.
This last name is most numerous in Australia, where it is borne by 1,724 people, or 1 in 15,659. In Australia it is most prevalent in: Victoria, where 46 percent reside, Western Australia, where 17 percent reside and New South Wales, where 15 percent reside. Aside from Australia Treasure occurs in 62 countries. It is also common 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 through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname expanded 1,235 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it expanded 246 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it expanded 145 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it expanded 1,000 percent between 1901 and 2014.
Treasure Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the last name is chiefly Methodist (100%) in Ireland.
In The United States those bearing the Treasure last name are 22.87% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 69.64% being registered with the political 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
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Treasurer | 94 | 258 | / |
| Treasured | 94 | 6 | / |
| Treausure | 94 | 0 | / |
| Tresure | 93 | 9 | / |
| Treasur | 93 | 3 | / |
| Trasure | 93 | 2 | / |
| Treasury | 88 | 33 | / |
| Tresurer | 88 | 4 | / |
| Tressure | 88 | 2 | / |
| Trashure | 88 | 0 | / |
| Treazure | 88 | 0 | / |
| Treasura | 88 | 0 | / |
| Thressure | 82 | 1 | / |
| Tresore | 80 | 51 | / |
| Tresuur | 80 | 1 | / |
| Trasuri | 80 | 1 | / |
| Trasura | 80 | 1 | / |
| Trashur | 80 | 0 | / |
| Threshures | 78 | 1 | / |
| Trescuri | 75 | 10 | / |
| Traisura | 75 | 7 | / |
| Thrashur | 75 | 2 | / |
| Tresseur | 75 | 1 | / |
| Threasor | 75 | 1 | / |
| Treshour | 75 | 0 | / |
| Tresor | 71 | 12,899 | / |
| Trisur | 71 | 2 | / |
| Threashor | 71 | 0 | / |
| Tresoor | 67 | 98 | / |
| Trisura | 67 | 25 | / |
| Tressor | 67 | 4 | / |
| Trecour | 67 | 2 | / |
| Trissur | 67 | 1 | / |
| Trasora | 67 | 1 | / |
| Trachur | 67 | 1 | / |
| Trajour | 67 | 1 | / |
| Thrasor | 67 | 0 | / |
| Traysor | 67 | 0 | / |
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