Trevellian Surname

4,908,606th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 16 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
England

Trevellian Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Trevelyan,' an estate in the parish of St Veep, near Fowey, Cornwall, where dwelt in the reign of Edward I Nicholas de Trevelyan, whose ancestors had possessed the property from a still earlier period (Shirley's Noble and Gentle Men, quoted by Lower, Patronymica Britannica.

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Trevellian Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England141:3,979,861125,553
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England271:902,79138,028
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States41:12,554,671503,821

Trevellian Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Trevelyan,' an estate in the parish of St Veep, near Fowey, Cornwall, where dwelt in the reign of Edward I Nicholas de Trevelyan, whose ancestors had possessed the property from a still earlier period (Shirley's Noble and Gentle Men, quoted by Lower, Patronymica Britannica.)

1734. Married — George Trevillion and Mary Allen: St. Michael, Cornhill.

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

An estate in the parish of St. Veep near Fowey, in Cornwall, where dwelt in the reign of Edward I., Nicholas de Trevelyan, whose ancestors had possessed the property from a still earlier period. See Shirley's Noble and Gentle Men. Nettlecombe, co. Somerset, became their seat in the XV. century, and Wallington, co. Northumberland, (acquired with the heiress of Calverley of Calverley,) in the XVIII.

— Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

From an estate in the parish of St. Veep, where dwelt, in the reign of Edward I., Nicholas de Trevelyan, whose ancestors had possessed the property from a still earlier period. (See Lowet, quoting Shirley's "Noble and Gentle Men.") There is a place called Trevilian Bridge in Merthyr. The name is from tre-vylgan, the dwelling of the seaman (vylgy, the sea), according to tradition, and the arms of Sir John Trovylian. The name is also found written Trevilian, Trevillian, Trevillion, Trevylian, Trevyllian, Treuilian, Trivellian. But see Trevelyn.

— Patronymica Cornu-Britannica (1870) by Richard Stephen Charnock

TREVILLINION: From tre-villinion, the dwelling by the mills. See Trehellan.

— Patronymica Cornu-Britannica (1870) by Richard Stephen Charnock

Local. (Cornish British) Trevellyan, the town of the mill. Welsh, Tremelin, or Trevelin.

— An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names (1857) by William Arthur
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Trevellian Last Name Facts

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

The surname Trevellian occurs most in England. It may be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Trevellian? popularity and diffusion

The last name Trevellian is the 4,908,606th most frequently occurring last name on earth It is held by around 1 in 455,471,620 people. This last name is predominantly found in Europe, where 88 percent of Trevellian live; 88 percent live in Northern Europe and 88 percent live in British Isles.

The last name is most commonly used in England, where it is borne by 14 people, or 1 in 3,979,861. In England it is mostly concentrated in: Gloucestershire, where 50 percent live, Somerset, where 43 percent live and Greater London, where 7 percent live. Outside of England this surname occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Canada, where 6 percent live and The United States, where 6 percent live.

Trevellian Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Trevellian has changed through the years. In England the share of the population with the last name declined 48 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it declined 75 percent between 1880 and 2014.

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Treveillian951/
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Trevilion7440/
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Travelion740/
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Travilian740/
Trevylane740/
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