Tredegar Surname

11,742,229th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States

Tredegar Surname Definition:

(Celtic) belonging to Tredegar (Monm.) = Tegyr’s Homestead [Welsh tre, homestead, etc.: the stem of the pers. name Tegyr (with T regularly mutated to D in the place-name) is Welsh têg, fair, handsome. The name Tegyr occurs in the ‘Mabinogion’ (Kulhwch ac Olwen).

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Tredegar Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England21:12,187,685173,419

Tredegar (3) may also be a first name.

Tredegar Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(Celtic) belonging to Tredegar (Monm.) = Tegyr’s Homestead [Welsh tre, homestead, etc.: the stem of the pers. name Tegyr (with T regularly mutated to D in the place-name) is Welsh têg, fair, handsome. The name Tegyr occurs in the ‘Mabinogion’ (Kulhwch ac Olwen).

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

Tredegar Last Name Facts

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

The surname Tredegar is more frequently found in The United States than any other country or territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Tredegar click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Tredegar? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 11,742,229th most commonly held surname on earth, held by around 1 in 2,147,483,647 people. It occurs mostly in The Americas, where 100 percent of Tredegar live; 100 percent live in North America and 100 percent live in Anglo-North America. Tredegar is also the 7,463,778th most commonly occurring first name worldwide It is held by 3 people.

The surname Tredegar is most commonly held in The United States, where it is held by 2 people, or 1 in 181,229,466. In The United States it is most prevalent in: Indiana, where 50 percent reside and Pennsylvania, where 50 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Treidgar880/
Tardekar75314/
Dredekar751/
Tarodekar7164/
Taradekar7121/
Tarudekar7118/
Tirodekar7116/
Tiradekar7111/
Turudekar715/
Taredakar714/
Tirudgari713/
Dardgar6716/
Trudkar672/
Tirawdekar672/
Tordkar671/
Tirwadekar671/
Trodkar671/
Dordgar671/
Dordegaray671/
Tarwadekar671/
Tretker670/

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