Tregear Surname

369,492nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 973 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
Australia

Tregear Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Tregeare.' 'A place in the parish of Crowan, Cornwall The family were resident there so lately as 1732. Richard Tregeare, of Tregeare, was sheriff of the county in 1704': Lower, quoting Gilbert's Cornwall.

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Tregear Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England3661:152,23514,507
Australia3411:79,1669,228
United States1291:2,809,759166,838
Canada311:1,188,56786,017
Peru311:1,025,29419,244
South Africa241:2,257,40496,432
New Zealand151:301,88825,890
Chile121:1,468,04024,959
Wales101:309,45316,869
Turkey41:19,455,356155,681
Northern Ireland21:922,51818,701
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1451:168,10614,298
Jersey21:25,9413,069
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States161:3,138,668142,671

Tregear Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Tregeare.' 'A place in the parish of Crowan, Cornwall The family were resident there so lately as 1732. Richard Tregeare, of Tregeare, was sheriff of the county in 1704': Lower, quoting Gilbert's Cornwall.

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

(Celtic) belonging to Tregear(e (Cornwall), 14th cent. Tregaer = the Town of the Fort [Cornish and Welsh tre, a homestead, village, etc. + a mutated form of Cornish car = Welsh caer, a fort, camp] The corresponding Welsh place-name is Tregare.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

From Tregeare in the parish of Crowan, where the family were resident as late as 1732. Richard Tregeare of Tregeare was sheriff of the county in 1704. The local name is from tre-geare, the green or fruitful place.

Patronymica Cornu-Britannica (1870) by Richard Stephen Charnock

TREGEARE, TREGEAR, TREGERE, TREGARE: From Tregeare in the parish of Crowan, where the family were resident as late as 1732. Richard Tregeare of Tregeare was sheriff of the county in 1704. The local name is from tre-geare, the green or fruitful place.

Patronymica Cornu-Britannica (1870) by Richard Stephen Charnock

TREGEARE: A place in the parish of Crowan, co. Cornwall. The family were resident there so lately as 1732. Richard Tregeare, of Tregeare, was sheriff of the county in 1704. C. S. Gilbert's Cornwall.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

A location name in Cornwall.

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

Tregeare: Tregeare, in the parish of Crowan is the seat of the ancient family of Tregeare: Richard Tregeare was sheriff of the county in the reign of Anne (G.). The name is found around Penzance.

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

Tregear Last Name Facts

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

The last name Tregear occurs most in England. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Tregear? popularity and diffusion

Tregear is the 369,492nd most common family name in the world, borne by around 1 in 7,489,770 people. This surname is predominantly found in Europe, where 39 percent of Tregear are found; 39 percent are found in Northern Europe and 39 percent are found in British Isles.

The last name is most numerous in England, where it is borne by 366 people, or 1 in 152,235. In England Tregear is most numerous in: Cornwall, where 32 percent are found, Greater London, where 21 percent are found and West Sussex, where 9 percent are found. Besides England it occurs in 18 countries. It also occurs in Australia, where 35 percent are found and The United States, where 13 percent are found.

Tregear Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Tregear has changed through the years. In England the number of people carrying the Tregear surname rose 252 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it rose 806 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Tregear Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Tregear surname are 23.23% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 70% being registered to vote for the party.

The amount Tregear earn in different countries varies greatly. In Peru they earn 236.34% more than the national average, earning S/. 65,200 per year; in South Africa they earn 53.23% more than the national average, earning R 364,128 per year; in United States they earn 25.32% more than the national average, earning $54,076 USD per year and in Canada they earn 7.13% more than the national average, earning $53,223 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Treguear9329/
Treagear936/
Treggear931/
Tragear8640/
Trigeard802/
Tregower802/
Terseer715,973/
Trecair7117/
Tresair716/
Tersseer674/
Tragajir673/
Tregoire671/
Thraiseehar671/
Tyorzeer671/
Terzier5795/
Terseur5768/
Tricair5746/
Tersuer576/
Trecour572/
Tersaer571/
Tricheur5345/
Tragauer5317/
Therzier536/
Terssier533/
Trichier531/

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