Trevillian Surname

359,448th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,008 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Australia

Trevillian 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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Trevillian 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 States5261:689,08554,664
Australia4771:56,5956,903
England31:18,572,686338,250
Guam11:160,1214,893
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England351:696,43933,013
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1611:311,91724,534

Trevillian 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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Trevillian Demographics

Average Trevillian Salary in
United States

$44,675 USD

Per year
Rank:
591,436 of 1,180,305
Percentage of all salaries earned by bearers:
0.000148245
Rank: 54,411 of 1,181,369
Percentage of national average salary:
103.53%
Sample size: 283 (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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Trevillian Last Name Facts

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

The surname Trevillian has its highest incidence in The United States. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Trevillian.

How Common Is The Last Name Trevillian? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 359,448th most commonly held last name internationally, borne by around 1 in 7,229,708 people. The surname is mostly found in The Americas, where 52 percent of Trevillian reside; 52 percent reside in North America and 52 percent reside in Anglo-North America.

The last name Trevillian is most frequent in The United States, where it is borne by 526 people, or 1 in 689,085. In The United States it is most numerous in: Virginia, where 28 percent live, Michigan, where 12 percent live and North Carolina, where 9 percent live. Without taking into account The United States it occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in Australia, where 47 percent live and England, where 0 percent live.

Trevillian Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Trevillian has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Trevillian surname grew 327 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it decreased 91 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Trevillian Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Trevillian are 1.87% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 55.1% being registered to vote for the political party.

Trevillian earn around the same as the average income. In United States they earn 3.54% more than the national average, earning $44,675 USD per year.

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Trevilian9555/
Treveillian951/
Trevillan950/
Trevillion90866/
Travillian90258/
Trevillyan90197/
Trevellian9016/
Trevilliam902/
Trevyllian901/
Trevillgan901/
Trivillian900/
Tervillian900/
Trevilion8440/
Trevilyan8436/
Trevillon8412/
Travilian840/
Treviland840/
Trevelian840/
Trovillion80377/
Travillion80164/
Trevellyan80111/
Trevellion8042/
Treyvellan8038/
Trivillion804/
Travellian801/
Travaillan801/
Treveyllan800/
Travillyan800/
Trevilon781/
Trevelyan741,342/
Trevelion7438/
Trivilion7411/
Triwulian743/
Trivillon742/
Travelian741/
Tervellan741/
Trevylane740/
Trevelgan740/
Travilion740/
Trovilion740/
Travaillon7012/
Trivellion702/
Travellion701/
Trevetland701/
Trovellion700/
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