Trefry Surname

339,783rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,082 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Canada

Trefry 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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Trefry Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States7041:514,85643,086
Canada3121:118,09512,481
Australia321:843,61652,533
England321:1,741,18971,393
South Africa21:27,088,852277,613
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England431:566,86929,432
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1441:348,74126,729

Trefry 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

From Trefry in Lanhydrock; from tre-fry, the dwelling on a hill (fry, a nose, then a hill; vrè, a hill, mountain). From this name we have, by corruption, Turffrey, Trefay, Trefey, Treffey, Renfree, Renfroy, Renfry, Renpliry, Remfry, Remfrey, Remphry, and Refry.

Patronymica Cornu-Britannica (1870) by Richard Stephen Charnock

Trefry Last Name Facts

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

The surname Trefry is more frequently found in The United States than any other country or territory. It can appear as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Trefry? popularity and diffusion

The surname Trefry is the 339,783rd most commonly used last name at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 6,735,255 people. The last name occurs mostly in The Americas, where 94 percent of Trefry reside; 94 percent reside in North America and 94 percent reside in Anglo-North America.

The surname is most common in The United States, where it is held by 704 people, or 1 in 514,856. In The United States Trefry is most numerous in: Massachusetts, where 22 percent reside, Florida, where 13 percent reside and California, where 10 percent reside. Beside The United States it occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in Canada, where 29 percent reside and Australia, where 3 percent reside.

Trefry Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Trefry has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Trefry surname expanded 489 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it declined 26 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Trefry Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Trefry last name are 2.22% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 55.45% registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Trefry earn in different countries varies markedly. In South Africa they earn 19.87% less than the national average, earning R 190,416 per year; in United States they earn 18.77% more than the national average, earning $51,250 USD per year and in Canada they earn 10.02% less than the national average, earning $44,705 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Treffry92262/
Trefrey9279/
Treffrey866/
Terfry8362/
Trofry831/
Tirfry831/
Trifry830/
Treffre7764/
Tierfry771/
Tripfry770/
Tryferi624/
Trofrie620/

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