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

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
United States41:90,614,7331,198,479
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
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
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Trevethen Last Name Facts

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

The surname Trevethen is more frequently found in The United States than any other country/territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Trevethen? popularity and diffusion

Trevethen is the 8,193,072nd most commonly occurring family name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. The last name Trevethen occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 80 percent of Trevethen are found; 80 percent are found in North America and 80 percent are found in Anglo-North America.

It is most widespread in The United States, where it is carried by 4 people, or 1 in 90,614,733. In The United States it is primarily found in: California, where 50 percent live, Alabama, where 25 percent live and New Jersey, where 25 percent live. Besides The United States this last name is found in one country. It also occurs in Australia, where 20 percent live.

Trevethen Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Trevethen has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Trevethen last name contracted 60 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

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