Trevor Surname

91,063rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 5,258 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
Jersey

Trevor Surname Definition:

(Celtic) 1 the Irish Treabhar = Prudent, Discreet [Old Irish trebar] 2 belonging to Trevor (Cornwall), a form of Trevear, q.v.

There is also a Trevor in co. Denbigh.

Trevor Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1,4251:39,1005,064
United States1,1161:324,78429,552
Australia1,0591:25,4923,468
Kenya3181:145,22011,656
Canada2591:142,26114,635
New Zealand1411:32,1165,589
South Africa1291:419,98236,405
Wales1001:30,9453,130
Papua New Guinea861:94,81112,690
Solomon Islands631:9,2071,553
Botswana441:49,7039,263
Israel381:225,20121,188
Mexico321:3,878,94425,867
Argentina311:1,378,82078,351
Dominican Republic311:336,54611,471
India281:27,395,192354,286
Singapore261:211,83510,313
Scotland251:214,15311,205
Ireland231:204,7368,142
Russia191:7,585,424283,555
Zimbabwe161:964,89061,721
Jersey151:6,6131,336
Norway141:367,30634,015
Malaysia141:2,106,73083,604
Northern Ireland131:141,9267,751
Brazil131:16,467,256295,032
Nigeria121:14,761,896248,185
Netherlands121:1,407,26575,423
Barbados111:26,1321,223
Uganda101:3,903,92893,934
Hong Kong91:815,0543,802
Ghana91:3,002,29911,581
Thailand91:7,848,705447,191
Germany81:10,063,182283,807
France81:8,302,840321,660
United Arab Emirates71:1,308,89651,006
Tanzania41:13,235,40384,310
Malawi41:4,279,77724,060
China41:341,830,39216,990
Portugal41:2,604,56016,079
Egypt41:22,983,93862,368
Spain41:11,688,009116,470
Sri Lanka41:5,202,14012,146
Philippines31:33,746,074302,898
Cambodia31:5,162,38210,688
Belgium31:3,832,215117,288
Denmark31:1,881,57267,227
Marshall Islands31:17,2741,698
Italy31:20,385,563143,117
Pakistan21:89,321,942157,560
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212
Switzerland21:4,106,458122,336
Indonesia21:66,124,597756,638
Chile21:8,808,23765,417
Belarus21:4,750,530139,516
Trinidad and Tobago21:681,98817,017
Bahamas11:391,7512,737
American Samoa11:55,7583,072
Taiwan11:23,444,74693,622
Tunisia11:610,62630,336
Uzbekistan11:30,929,14267,786
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
Mongolia11:2,825,28917,010
Guyana11:762,22114,420
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288
Gibraltar11:33,9541,660
Ivory Coast11:23,071,23276,679
Jamaica11:2,869,94713,896
Kazakhstan11:17,682,496204,010
Madagascar11:23,649,8379,420
Fiji11:894,3914,568
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
Oman11:3,687,97114,390
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Guernsey11:64,4392,137
Costa Rica11:4,780,06913,345
Samoa11:193,8081,089
Senegal11:14,579,34211,705
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland371:119,7267,101
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England7911:30,8164,104
Wales1341:11,705704
Scotland51:748,64318,576
Jersey11:51,8823,898
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1151:436,68431,761

Trevor (342,207) may also be a first name.

Trevor Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(Celtic) 1 the Irish Treabhar = Prudent, Discreet [Old Irish trebar] 2 belonging to Trevor (Cornwall), a form of Trevear, q.v.

There is also a Trevor in co. Denbigh.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

The Welsh heralds derive the Trevors from Rourd Wiedick, father of Eignian Yothe, which Eignian held the lands of Gaercinion in Powysland, and was grandfather to Kariodoc, Earl of Hereford, early in the sixth century. The first who bore this name was the famous Tudor Trevor, Earl of Hereford, Kariodoc's grandson. Surnames were not hereditary in Wales before the reign of Henry VIII., this being the single exception that I have observed. The first person who adopted Trevor as a settled family name, was John ap Edward ap David, who died in 1494. None of his immediate ancestors had borne the baptismal name of Trevor; and it is therefore likely that he adopted it from the most illustrious of his ancestors, the renowned Earl of Hereford. The great families of Mostyn and Jenkyn are of the same family as the Trevors, and bear the same arms.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

From tre-vur, the town on the (Roman) road; tre-vor, -mor, the town by the sea; or tre-veor, the great town. Hence, perhaps, Trevar, Trevars. Trevor is also a Welsh name.

Patronymica Cornu-Britannica (1870) by Richard Stephen Charnock

Local. (Cornish British) From Trevear, the great town.

An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names (1857) by William Arthur

A location name in North Wales.

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

Trevor Last Name Facts

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

Trevor (Arabic: تريفر, Georgian: ტრევორ, Hindi: ट्रेवर, Marathi: ेवोर, Russian: Тревор) is found most frequently in England. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of Trevor.

How Common Is The Last Name Trevor? popularity and diffusion

The last name Trevor is the 91,063rd most frequently used family name throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 1,385,992 people. This last name is mostly found in Europe, where 32 percent of Trevor are found; 31 percent are found in Northern Europe and 30 percent are found in British Isles. Trevor is also the 3,047th most frequent first name internationally. It is borne by 342,207 people.

The last name is most frequent in England, where it is held by 1,425 people, or 1 in 39,100. In England Trevor is most prevalent in: Greater London, where 14 percent live, Lincolnshire, where 9 percent live and Shropshire, where 6 percent live. Apart from England Trevor exists in 80 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 21 percent live and Australia, where 20 percent live.

Trevor Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Trevor has changed over time. In England the number of people carrying the Trevor surname expanded 180 percent between 1881 and 2014; in The United States it expanded 970 percent between 1880 and 2014; in Wales it decreased 25 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it expanded 500 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it decreased 38 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Trevor Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those carrying the last name is principally Anglican (64%) in Ireland and Christian (100%) in Kenya.

In The United States those bearing the Trevor surname are 3.23% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 50% registered with the party.

The amount Trevor earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 45.62% more than the national average, earning 503,965 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 89.73% more than the national average, earning R 450,864 per year; in United States they earn 20.53% more than the national average, earning $52,006 USD per year and in Canada they earn 3.85% more than the national average, earning $51,597 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Treavor9218/
Trevour9215/
Trevort922/
Trhevor921/
Trevore921/
Trevoor920/
Trevoire861/
Trebor8384/
Travor8357/
Trevar8319/
Trivor831/
Tervort77230/
Trebour77158/
Trevare7710/
Trevhar774/
Trebort773/
Trivour771/
Traivor771/
Treveur771/
Trevart771/
Trayvor770/
Trempor770/
Treyvar770/
Threbor770/
Tervoort71864/
Treuveur7113/
Trivoire711/
Tervoord711/
Treebour710/
Travar67766/
Trebar6753/
Trivar675/
Trovar674/
Tirvar673/
Tribor672/
Trébor671/
Tirbor671/

Trevor Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Trevor in the Georgian language
ტრევორtrevor-
Trevor in the Marathi language
ेवोरevora79.07
वोरvora4.65
थेवरthevara4.65
टेृवोरtervora2.33
टेवोरtevora2.33
ेवओरeva'ora2.33
टेवरtevara2.33
टेरवोरteravora2.33
Trevor in the Hindi language
ट्रेवरtrevara50
ट्रेवोरtrevora25
त्रेवोरtrevora12.5
ट्रैवरtraivara12.5
Trevor in the Russian language
Треворtrevor-
Trevor in the Arabic language
تريفرtryfr-

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