Trevethen Surname

8,193,072nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 5 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Australia

Trevethen Surname Definition:

From tre-var-dûn, the dwelling on the hill. Treverton may also be from tre-veor-ton, the dwelling on the great hill.

Trevethen Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States41:90,614,7331,198,479
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Wales61:261,4039,165
England21:12,187,685173,419
Scotland11:3,743,21632,299
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States101:5,021,868210,693

Trevethen Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

From tre-var-dûn, the dwelling on the hill. Treverton may also be from tre-veor-ton, the dwelling on the great hill.

Patronymica Cornu-Britannica (1870) by Richard Stephen Charnock

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

Trevethen Last Name Facts

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

The surname Trevethen is most common in The United States. It can appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Trevethen click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Trevethen? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 8,193,072nd most frequently used family name in the world It is held by around 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. The surname is predominantly found in The Americas, where 80 percent of Trevethen reside; 80 percent reside in North America and 80 percent reside in Anglo-North America.

This last name is most widely held in The United States, where it is held by 4 people, or 1 in 90,614,733. In The United States Trevethen is mostly found in: California, where 50 percent are found, Alabama, where 25 percent are found and New Jersey, where 25 percent are found. Without taking into account The United States it exists in one country. It also occurs in Australia, where 20 percent are found.

Trevethen Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Trevethen has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Trevethen surname decreased 60 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Treveten940/
Trevetten8927/
Trevathen8913/
Trevethin892/
Trevethem890/
Trevithen890/
Travethen890/
Trevathean841/
Trevetin822/
Trovaten7121/
Terwesten6791/
Trovatten6729/
Trivettin670/
Trovatn6326/

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Trevethen Reference & Research

Trevarton One-name Study - A profile of the Trevarton surname with contact details for a researcher who collects any information pertaining to it.

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