Trengove Surname

362,542nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 997 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Australia
Highest density in:
Australia

Trengove Surname Definition:

Some translate this name, the strong smith; but it means rather the smith's dwelling (tren-goff). Hence, by corruption, Trengrove.

Trengove Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Australia5891:45,8335,742
England1841:302,81622,992
United States1581:2,294,044142,811
South Africa441:1,231,31169,478
Chile81:2,202,05930,910
Scotland51:1,070,76331,189
Thailand31:23,546,115908,588
Wales31:1,031,51134,732
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1271:191,93215,501
Wales21:784,20816,349
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States201:2,510,934119,518

Trengove Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

Some translate this name, the strong smith; but it means rather the smith's dwelling (tren-goff). Hence, by corruption, Trengrove.

Patronymica Cornu-Britannica (1870) by Richard Stephen Charnock

TRENGOFF, TRENGOVE: Some translate this name, the strong smith; but it means rather the smith's dwelling (tren-goff). Hence, by corruption, Trengrove.

Patronymica Cornu-Britannica (1870) by Richard Stephen Charnock

TRENGOFF: Lands in the parish of Warleggon, co. Cornwall, are so called. The family became extinct about the year 1720. A younger branch settled at Nance in the parish of Illogan, and thereupon wrote themselves Nance, alias Trengoff. C. S. Gilbert's Cornwall.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

(Cornish), Strong smith. (variant: Angove and Queingoff.)

Surnames (1857) by Bernard Homer Dixon

Trengove Last Name Facts

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

Trengove is most common in Australia. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Trengove.

How Common Is The Last Name Trengove? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 362,542nd most numerous surname on earth, held by approximately 1 in 7,309,474 people. This surname occurs mostly in Oceania, where 59 percent of Trengove reside; 59 percent reside in Australasia and 59 percent reside in Australia and New Zealand.

The last name Trengove is most commonly held in Australia, where it is borne by 589 people, or 1 in 45,833. In Australia Trengove is most frequent in: South Australia, where 58 percent are found, New South Wales, where 20 percent are found and Victoria, where 17 percent are found. Besides Australia this last name occurs in 10 countries. It is also common in England, where 18 percent are found and The United States, where 16 percent are found.

Trengove Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Trengove has changed over time. In England the number of people who held the Trengove last name increased 145 percent between 1881 and 2014; in The United States it increased 790 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in Wales it increased 150 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Trengove Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Trengove surname are 18.54% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 65.31% being registered with the political party.

The amount Trengove earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 58.16% more than the national average, earning R 375,840 per year and in United States they earn 6.68% more than the national average, earning $46,031 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Tringove880/
Trinover755/
Trenoweth71485/
Trenovich716/
Trinovi678/
Treynovich672/
Trainovech671/
Trgovich6370/
Trenavit631/
Trynovich5945/
Trinavech592/
Trinovich591/
Trenaweth591/
Traynovich5610/
Trainovich561/
Troynovich560/
Trenawit50272/
Trinoiwa5015/

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Trengove Reference & Research

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