Tresillian Surname

4,427,875th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 20 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Australia
Highest density in:
Australia

Tresillian Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Tresillian.' 'Two places in Cornwall are so designated, one in the parish of Newlyn, and the other in Merther. The distinguished Sir Robert Tresillian ... who fell a victim to the resentment of the barons at Tyburn in 1388, was of this family': Lower, quoting Gilbert's Cornwall.

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Tresillian Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Australia191:1,420,82673,129
England11:55,718,059489,080
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England51:4,875,074116,529

Tresillian Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Tresillian.' 'Two places in Cornwall are so designated, one in the parish of Newlyn, and the other in Merther. The distinguished Sir Robert Tresillian ... who fell a victim to the resentment of the barons at Tyburn in 1388, was of this family': Lower, quoting Gilbert's Cornwall.

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

(Celtic) belonging to Tresillian (Cornwall) = Silian's or Sulian’s Homestead [Cornish and Welsh tre, a homestead: Sulian represents Julian] Silian, Cardigansh., is for St. Sulian (Julian), as the dedication of the ancient church shows.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

Two places in Cornwall are so designated; one in the parish of Newlyn, and the other in Merther. The distinguished Sir Robert Tresillian, lord chief justice of the King's bench, who fell a victim to the resentment of the barons, at Tyburn, in 1388, was of this family. C. S. Gilbert's Cornwall.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

According to some, this name means place for eels, or in open view (sel, sil, sul, a view, prospect); but I am iuclined to think the local name may have had its appellation from St. Silian or Sulien; whence the parish of St. Silian or Sulien, co. Cardigan, in Wales.

Patronymica Cornu-Britannica (1870) by Richard Stephen Charnock

Tresillian Last Name Facts

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

Tresillian (Russian: Тресиллиан) is more frequently found in Australia than any other country/territory. It may be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Tresillian? popularity and diffusion

It is the 4,427,875th most widespread surname on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 364,377,296 people. This last name is primarily found in Oceania, where 95 percent of Tresillian live; 95 percent live in Australasia and 95 percent live in Australia and New Zealand.

This surname is most common in Australia, where it is borne by 19 people, or 1 in 1,420,826. In Australia it is most prevalent in: Queensland, where 89 percent live and New South Wales, where 11 percent live. Beside Australia this surname exists in one country. It also occurs in England, where 5 percent live.

Tresillian Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Tresillian has changed through the years. In England the number of people who held the Tresillian surname contracted 80 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

Tresillian Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Tresillian in the Russian language
Тресиллианtresillian-

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