Treloar Surname

79,371st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 6,147 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Australia
Highest density in:
Australia

Treloar Surname Definition:

(Celtic) belonging to Treloar (Cornwall) [Cornish tre, a homestead, etc. + lowr, downward, lower]

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Treloar Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Australia3,5691:7,5641,124
United States1,1351:319,34729,128
England8221:67,7847,844
New Zealand2331:19,4353,414
Canada2271:162,31516,369
Wales521:59,5105,360
South Africa421:1,289,94571,309
Israel181:475,42436,085
Singapore131:423,66918,211
Thailand51:14,127,669603,945
Norway41:1,285,57269,185
Japan31:42,614,76459,022
Scotland31:1,784,60641,943
France21:33,211,361423,184
Hong Kong21:3,667,74211,574
Philippines21:50,619,112341,003
Algeria11:38,631,551130,422
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
Peru11:31,784,12364,452
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
Nicaragua11:6,021,0908,768
Cambodia11:15,487,14614,824
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England5741:42,4665,350
Wales51:313,68310,604
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1341:374,76628,202

Treloar Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(Celtic) belonging to Treloar (Cornwall) [Cornish tre, a homestead, etc. + lowr, downward, lower]

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

According to Pryce, from tre-loar, the moon town; but perhaps from tre-lûar, the garden town.

Patronymica Cornu-Britannica (1870) by Richard Stephen Charnock

From Trelow; a location name in Cornwall.

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

User-submitted Reference

The information from Pryce is partially correct - "garden" is right. The placename first appears in the 14th century and the surname about 150 years later. As a surname it originates from Wendron in Cornwall, and first appears in official parish records as Trelowareth, Wearne baptised around 1573 or 1575. Tre is Cornish for 'homestead' and is a very common prefix paired with a descriptive term - in this instance lowareth, meaning 'garden'. First the w was dropped to make Treloareth, or the e to make Trelowarth, with th or eth subsequently being removed to give the most common variant of the present day as "Treloar".

Most of the Australian Treloars came out as immigrants after the Tin Mining industry waned in the middle of the 19th century. My father, grandfather, great-grandfather etc share the first name of Bennet which was handed down through generations as far back as the 3rd generation of the 1600's, traced back to the original Wearne Trelowareth. (Source)

- samtreloar

Treloar Last Name Facts

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

Treloar occurs in Australia more than any other country or territory. It may also occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Treloar click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Treloar? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 79,371st most widely held surname on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 1,185,545 people. This last name is predominantly found in Oceania, where 62 percent of Treloar reside; 62 percent reside in Australasia and 62 percent reside in Australia and New Zealand.

The last name is most frequent in Australia, where it is carried by 3,569 people, or 1 in 7,564. In Australia it is primarily concentrated in: South Australia, where 27 percent reside, New South Wales, where 25 percent reside and Victoria, where 21 percent reside. Apart from Australia Treloar is found in 30 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 18 percent reside and England, where 13 percent reside.

Treloar Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Treloar has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Treloar surname expanded 847 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it expanded 143 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Wales it expanded 1,040 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Treloar Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Treloar surname are 9.53% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 56.3% registered with the party.

The amount Treloar earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 357.19% more than the national average, earning R 1,086,460 per year; in United States they earn 10.21% less than the national average, earning $38,742 USD per year and in Canada they earn 9.38% more than the national average, earning $54,343 CAD per year.

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