Tregurtha Surname

701,000th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 420 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Australia
Highest density in:
New Zealand

Tregurtha Surname Definition:

From the manor of Tregurtha in St. Hilary; from tre-gorha, the town for hay.

Tregurtha Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Australia1271:212,56520,555
New Zealand1011:44,8357,402
England741:752,94741,527
South Africa541:1,003,29161,925
United States491:7,397,121336,459
Canada81:4,605,699220,704
Thailand51:14,127,669603,945
France11:66,422,722504,397
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England451:541,67528,673
Wales51:313,68310,604
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States31:16,739,561595,711

The alternate forms: Trégurtha (1) are calculated separately.

Tregurtha Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

From the manor of Tregurtha in St. Hilary; from tre-gorha, the town for hay.

Patronymica Cornu-Britannica (1870) by Richard Stephen Charnock

From Tregotha; a location name in Cornwall.

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

Tregurtha Last Name Facts

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

Tregurtha is found in Australia more than any other country/territory. It can also occur as: Trégurtha. For other possible spellings of Tregurtha click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Tregurtha? popularity and diffusion

Tregurtha is the 701,000th most frequent surname in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 17,351,300 people. This last name is predominantly found in Oceania, where 54 percent of Tregurtha are found; 54 percent are found in Australasia and 54 percent are found in Australia and New Zealand.

The surname Tregurtha is most common in Australia, where it is carried by 127 people, or 1 in 212,565. In Australia Tregurtha is mostly concentrated in: New South Wales, where 59 percent live, Tasmania, where 13 percent live and Victoria, where 13 percent live. Barring Australia it occurs in 8 countries. It also occurs in New Zealand, where 24 percent live and England, where 18 percent live.

Tregurtha Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Tregurtha has changed through the years. In England the number of people who held the Tregurtha last name increased 164 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it increased 1,633 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Tregurtha Last Name Statistics demography

The amount Tregurtha earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 113.4% more than the national average, earning R 507,108 per year and in United States they earn 16.42% less than the national average, earning $36,062 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Trégurtha961/
Tregurth940/
Tregartha8962/
Tregortha898/
Tregarth821/
Tirgrath7153/
Tragarth712/
Traggorth6726/
Tirgarath671/
Trakruth591/
Dragorth590/
Diergaarth538/
Drake-Worth508/

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Footnotes

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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Tregurtha
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