Tremellen Surname

940,398th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 279 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Australia
Highest density in:
Australia

Tremellen Surname Definition:

Unknown origin.

William Tremillin, Staffordshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.

Tremellen Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Australia1831:147,51715,697
United States441:8,237,703362,142
England361:1,547,72466,012
Canada81:4,605,699220,704
Kuwait41:950,17418,811
Wales41:773,63329,106
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland11:4,429,86640,727
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England251:975,01539,671
Wales71:224,0598,079

Tremellen Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

Unknown origin.

William Tremillin, Staffordshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.

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

(Celtic) Dweller at the Mill Estate or Village [Cornish and Welsh tre, a homestead, village, etc. + Cornish mel(l)an = We]. melin, a mill]

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

From tre-mellin, the mill town; or tre-melyn, the yellow dwelling.

Patronymica Cornu-Britannica (1870) by Richard Stephen Charnock

From Tremellin; a location name in Cornwall (the mill-town).

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

Tremellen Last Name Facts

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

Tremellen is held by more people in Australia than any other country or territory. It can appear as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Tremellen? popularity and diffusion

The last name Tremellen is the 940,398th most commonly held family name on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 26,120,236 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 66 percent of Tremellen live; 66 percent live in Australasia and 66 percent live in Australia and New Zealand.

This surname is most prevalent in Australia, where it is borne by 183 people, or 1 in 147,517. In Australia Tremellen is most common in: Victoria, where 38 percent reside, Queensland, where 20 percent reside and Northern Territory, where 19 percent reside. Aside from Australia this last name occurs in 5 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 16 percent reside and England, where 13 percent reside.

Tremellen Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Tremellen has changed through the years. In England the number of people carrying the Tremellen last name rose 144 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Wales it contracted 43 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Tremellen Last Name Statistics demography

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

In The United States those holding the Tremellen surname are 3.23% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 50% being registered with the political party.

The amount Tremellen earn in different countries varies notably. In United States they earn 4.24% less than the national average, earning $41,319 USD per year and in Canada they earn 14.18% more than the national average, earning $56,729 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Tremellin890/
Tremelling84524/
Tresmeln821/
Tremmelling801/
Termöllen7876/
Tremillin781/
Tremlling781/
Tremlin75169/
Tremillion743/
Termelling742/
Tremilling741/
Tremling712/
Termøhlen6715/
Trimlin630/
Trimling590/

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