Trevelyan Surname

286,292nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,342 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
Gibraltar

Trevelyan 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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Trevelyan 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
England7811:71,3428,173
United States1371:2,645,686159,417
Canada921:400,49635,373
New Zealand861:52,6558,408
Australia791:341,71828,950
South Africa751:722,36951,132
Wales631:49,1204,600
Scotland71:764,83125,488
Russia51:28,824,611530,332
France31:22,140,907385,998
Germany21:40,252,730481,636
Indonesia21:66,124,597756,638
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
Isle of Man11:85,8224,091
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
Jordan11:8,842,43726,010
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Gibraltar11:33,9541,660
Belarus11:9,501,059159,228
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
Northern Ireland11:1,845,03620,648
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Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1211:201,44915,997
Scotland31:1,247,73924,719
Wales21:784,20816,349
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States21:25,109,342694,541

Trevelyan (79) may also be a first name.

Trevelyan 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

(Celtic) belonging to Trevelyan (Cornwall), the Domesday Trevelien = Elian’s Homestead [Cornish trev, a homestead, etc.]

— Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

(English) Dweller at the mill homestead.

— Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

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

The name of this family first occurs in the 13th cent. In 1273 Felicia, wife of William de Bodrugan, confirmed to (her son) Andrew, Trevelyan and Cumi, and to Nicholas de Trevelyan her son, Polran. She had been the wife of Nicholas de Trevelyan deceased (Collins, Baronetage). Trevelien was 1086 part of the great barony held by Offels from the Earl of Cornwall. This barony was granted t. Henry II. to Richard de Lucy. Several new families were enfeoffed by him, as Fitz-Walter, Fitz-William, &c. From the arms borne by the family (three bars wavy, in chief a demi-horse issant) it seems not improbable that it was a branch of Tregoz, introduced by Richard de Lucy, which family certainly was settled in Cornwall, and bore three bars, a lion passant in chief.

— The Norman People (1874)

From Trevelgen or Trevellan; location name in Cornwall.

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

Average Trevelyan Salary in
United States

$47,738 USD

Per year
Rank:
484,469 of 1,180,305
Percentage of all salaries earned by bearers:
3.97417E-5
Rank: 157,471 of 1,181,369
Percentage of national average salary:
110.63%
Sample size: 71 (2014)

Average Salary in
United States

$43,149 USD

Per year
Per month:
$3,596 USD
Per week:
$799 USD
Per day:
$118 USD

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Trevelyan Last Name Facts

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

The surname Trevelyan (Russian: Тревельян) has its highest incidence in England. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Trevelyan? popularity and diffusion

The surname Trevelyan is the 286,292nd most prevalent surname in the world, borne by around 1 in 5,430,362 people. Trevelyan is predominantly found in Europe, where 64 percent of Trevelyan live; 64 percent live in Northern Europe and 64 percent live in British Isles. Trevelyan is also the 1,083,225th most commonly used first name on earth It is held by 79 people.

The surname is most frequently occurring in England, where it is carried by 781 people, or 1 in 71,342. In England it is most common in: Devon, where 22 percent are found, Greater London, where 10 percent are found and Kent, where 6 percent are found. Apart from England this last name occurs in 20 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 10 percent are found and Canada, where 7 percent are found.

Trevelyan Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Trevelyan has changed over time. In England the number of people who held the Trevelyan surname increased 645 percent between 1881 and 2014; in The United States it increased 6,850 percent between 1880 and 2014; in Wales it increased 3,150 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Scotland it increased 233 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Trevelyan Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Trevelyan last name are 11.29% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 64.52% registered to vote for the party.

The amount Trevelyan earn in different countries varies significantly. In South Africa they earn 32.77% more than the national average, earning R 315,516 per year; in United States they earn 10.64% more than the national average, earning $47,738 USD per year and in Canada they earn 43.83% more than the national average, earning $71,461 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

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SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Trevellyan95111/
Trevelyain950/
Trevilyan8936/
Trebelyan893/
Trevelyon891/
Trevelgan890/
Trevelian890/
Trevillyan84197/
Treyvellan8438/
Trevellian8416/
Trevetland841/
Treveyllan840/
Treveillian801/
Trevilian7855/
Trevelion7838/
Treviland780/
Trevillan780/
Trevylane780/
Trevillian741,008/
Trevellion7442/
Trevillgan741/
Trevyllian741/
Trevilon711/
Trevilion6740/
Trivellon6737/
Trevillon6712/
Trivelone673/
Trevillion63866/
Trivellone63326/
Trevilliam632/
Trivellion632/
Trivillian630/
Trivilion5611/
Trivillon562/
Trivillion534/
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Trevelyan Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Trevelyan in the Russian language
Тревельянtrevelan-

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