Trevethan Surname

316,181st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,186 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Australia

Trevethan Surname Definition:

From Trevethan in Gwennap, from tre-vethan, the meadow town. According to Pryce, this name may also signify the town among trees, or the old town; and he translates Trevethen, the birds' town. Treveathan would mean the rich or fruitful town.

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Trevethan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States4541:798,36861,583
Australia3701:72,9618,589
England2711:205,60217,801
South Africa381:1,425,72975,291
Mexico181:6,895,90033,734
Scotland71:764,83125,488
Wales71:442,07621,198
Canada61:6,140,932260,641
New Zealand61:754,72041,661
United Arab Emirates61:1,527,04651,993
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
Malawi11:17,119,10934,144
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England2181:111,81410,928
Wales261:60,3242,968
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States321:1,569,33483,036

Trevethan Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

From Trevethan in Gwennap, from tre-vethan, the meadow town. According to Pryce, this name may also signify the town among trees, or the old town; and he translates Trevethen, the birds' town. Treveathan would mean the rich or fruitful town.

Patronymica Cornu-Britannica (1870) by Richard Stephen Charnock

TREFETHEN: A name found in the United States; a corruption of Trevethen. See Trevethan.

Patronymica Cornu-Britannica (1870) by Richard Stephen Charnock

A location name in Cornwall.

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

Trevethan Last Name Facts

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

The surname Trevethan has its highest incidence in The United States. It can occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Trevethan click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Trevethan? popularity and diffusion

The surname Trevethan is the 316,181st most common surname on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 6,144,642 people. The surname Trevethan occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 40 percent of Trevethan are found; 40 percent are found in North America and 39 percent are found in Anglo-North America.

This last name is most frequently held in The United States, where it is carried by 454 people, or 1 in 798,368. In The United States it is most numerous in: Pennsylvania, where 17 percent are found, California, where 15 percent are found and Florida, where 11 percent are found. Outside of The United States Trevethan is found in 11 countries. It is also common in Australia, where 31 percent are found and England, where 23 percent are found.

Trevethan Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Trevethan has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Trevethan last name expanded 1,419 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it expanded 124 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Wales it fell 73 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Trevethan Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Trevethan are 7.78% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 54.55% registered to vote for the party.

The amount Trevethan earn in different countries varies notably. In South Africa they earn 16.46% less than the national average, earning R 198,516 per year and in United States they earn 1.25% more than the national average, earning $43,690 USD per year.

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Trevethan Reference & Research

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