Treffry Surname

983,245th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 262 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Canada

Treffry Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Treffry.' Mr. Lower says, 'This name is derived from the manor of Treffry, in the parish of Lanhydrock, where it is traced to a very early period' (v. for fuller account his Patronymica Britannica).

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Treffry Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1241:2,923,056171,801
Canada681:541,84745,466
England361:1,547,72466,012
Australia221:1,227,07766,405
Scotland81:669,22723,443
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Colombia11:47,774,07244,230
France11:66,422,722504,397
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland31:1,476,62229,385
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England461:529,89928,330
Wales11:1,568,41619,290
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States281:1,793,52492,026

Treffry Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Treffry.' Mr. Lower says, 'This name is derived from the manor of Treffry, in the parish of Lanhydrock, where it is traced to a very early period' (v. for fuller account his Patronymica Britannica).

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

(Celtic) belonging to Treffry (Cornwall) = the Town of the Slope [Cornish and Welsh tref, a homestead, village, town + the Cornish cogn. of Welsh rhiw, a slope]

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

This name is derived from the manor of Treffry, in the parish of Lanhydrock, where it is traced to a very early period. The family afterwards removed to Fowey, where was born the gallant Sir John Treffry, who, fighting under the Black Prince at the battle of Poictiers, took the French royal standard, for which he was created a knight banneret, and had, as an augmentation of his arms, the Fleursde-lys of France. In the next century some French marauders (whether in revenge of the national disgrace or not, does not appear) attacked Place House, the residence of the family at Fowey, but met a repulse at the hands of a lady, the Mistress Treffry of the period. Leland says :-"The Frenchmen divers times assailed Fowey, and last, most notably, about Henry VI. tyme, when the wife of Thomas Trevry, with her men, repelled the French out of her house, in her husbandes absence, whereupon Thomas Trevry builded a right fair and strongly embattled tower in his house."

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

A location name in Cornwall.

British Family Names: Their Origin and Meaning (1903) by Henry Barber

Treffry Last Name Facts

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

The surname Treffry is found in The United States more than any other country/territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Treffry? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 983,245th most frequent surname on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 27,815,061 people. This surname occurs mostly in The Americas, where 74 percent of Treffry live; 73 percent live in North America and 73 percent live in Anglo-North America.

The last name is most frequently held in The United States, where it is carried by 124 people, or 1 in 2,923,056. In The United States it is most common in: Washington, where 48 percent live, California, where 33 percent live and Texas, where 6 percent live. Besides The United States Treffry is found in 8 countries. It is also common in Canada, where 26 percent live and England, where 14 percent live.

Treffry Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Treffry has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Treffry surname rose 443 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it declined 22 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Treffry Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the surname is chiefly Anglican (100%) in Ireland.

In The United States those bearing the Treffry last name are 28.23% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 75% registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Treffry earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 15.05% more than the national average, earning $49,641 USD per year and in Canada they earn 5.59% more than the national average, earning $52,458 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Treffrey936/
Trefry921,082/
Trefrey8679/
Treffre8664/
Terfry7762/
Trofry771/
Tirfry771/
Trifry770/
Tierfry711/
Tripfry710/
Tryferi574/
Trofrie570/

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