Trethowan Surname

465,687th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 723 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Australia
Highest density in:
Australia

Trethowan Surname Definition:

From tre-thowa, the dwelling by the water, or tret-heân, the old dwelling; or perhaps rather from tre-towan, the dwelling by a heap of sand. Hence the names Trethowoam and, by further corruption, Prethowan.

Trethowan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Australia4221:63,9717,671
England2081:267,87521,171
Northern Ireland281:65,8944,901
New Zealand151:301,88825,890
United States151:24,163,929685,360
Wales111:281,32115,850
South Africa81:6,772,213167,054
Scotland61:892,30328,047
Canada31:12,281,864364,614
Finland31:1,832,23457,803
Cambodia21:7,743,57311,959
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1621:150,46513,283

Trethowan Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

From tre-thowa, the dwelling by the water, or tret-heân, the old dwelling; or perhaps rather from tre-towan, the dwelling by a heap of sand. Hence the names Trethowoam and, by further corruption, Prethowan.

Patronymica Cornu-Britannica (1870) by Richard Stephen Charnock

Trethowan Last Name Facts

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

The surname Trethowan is found most frequently in Australia. It can also be rendered as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Trethowan? popularity and diffusion

Trethowan is the 465,687th most widely held last name on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 10,079,593 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 60 percent of Trethowan are found; 60 percent are found in Australasia and 60 percent are found in Australia and New Zealand.

This last name is most frequently occurring in Australia, where it is carried by 422 people, or 1 in 63,971. In Australia Trethowan is primarily concentrated in: Victoria, where 41 percent are found, New South Wales, where 35 percent are found and Queensland, where 11 percent are found. Besides Australia Trethowan exists in 12 countries. It is also found in England, where 29 percent are found and Northern Ireland, where 4 percent are found.

Trethowan Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Trethowan has changed over time. In England the number of people bearing the Trethowan last name expanded 128 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Trethowan Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Trethowan last name are 3.23% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 50% registered with the party.

Trethowan earn more than fifty percent more than the average income. In United States they earn 71.62% more than the national average, earning $74,054 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Treetawan782/
Threetawan744/
Tirtawan7159/
Treethawong701/
Trithawon6744/
Treetawon674/
Treatthaboon674/
Tristawan672/
Traithawon63118/
Trithawong635/
Tertashvand601/
Tritawon591/
Tristovoon530/

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