Trenwith Surname

655,080th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 460 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Australia
Highest density in:
New Zealand

Trenwith Surname Definition:

The original name of this family was Baillie. Thomas Baillie, the first recorded ancestor, was living 45. Edward II. His son, Henry Baillie, obtaining from the Duchy of Cornwall, a grant of the manor and barton of Trenwith, near St. Ives, began to write himself De Trenwith.

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Trenwith Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Australia1791:150,81415,978
New Zealand1041:43,5427,204
England1011:551,66433,983
Canada361:1,023,48976,466
United States231:15,759,084542,937
South Africa141:3,869,836127,494
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Wales11:3,094,53244,023
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland51:885,97323,404
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England881:276,99319,333
Wales81:196,0527,186
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States281:1,793,52492,026

Trenwith Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

The original name of this family was Baillie. Thomas Baillie, the first recorded ancestor, was living 45. Edward II. His son, Henry Baillie, obtaining from the Duchy of Cornwall, a grant of the manor and barton of Trenwith, near St. Ives, began to write himself De Trenwith. The male line became extinct in 1796. C. S. Gilbert's Cornwall.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

From Trenwith in the parish of St Ives, where the family flourished for many centuries; from tre-enwith, the dwelling among ash-trees. The family name was originally Bayliff.

Patronymica Cornu-Britannica (1870) by Richard Stephen Charnock

A location name in Cornwall.

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

Trenwith Last Name Facts

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

The last name Trenwith occurs most in Australia. It may also appear as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of Trenwith.

How Common Is The Last Name Trenwith? popularity and diffusion

The last name Trenwith is the 655,080th most frequently used family name internationally, borne by around 1 in 15,842,491 people. Trenwith is primarily found in Oceania, where 62 percent of Trenwith reside; 62 percent reside in Australasia and 62 percent reside in Australia and New Zealand.

This last name is most frequently used in Australia, where it is borne by 179 people, or 1 in 150,814. In Australia Trenwith is most prevalent in: South Australia, where 72 percent live, Victoria, where 12 percent live and New South Wales, where 6 percent live. Not including Australia this last name exists in 8 countries. It also occurs in New Zealand, where 23 percent live and England, where 22 percent live.

Trenwith Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Trenwith has changed over time. In England the number of people who held the Trenwith last name rose 115 percent between 1881 and 2014; in The United States it decreased 18 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in Wales it decreased 87 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Trenwith Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those carrying the last name is primarily Methodist (60%) in Ireland.

In The United States those bearing the Trenwith last name are 3.23% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 50% registered with the party.

The amount Trenwith earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 82.44% less than the national average, earning R 41,724 per year; in United States they earn 38.39% less than the national average, earning $26,583 USD per year and in Canada they earn 73.33% more than the national average, earning $86,116 CAD per year.

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