Trew Surname

102,445th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4,599 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
Bermuda

Trew Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a nickname. 'the true,' a faithful and trustworthy man. Middle English trewe.

Henry Trewe, Bedfordshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.

1595. Baptised — Elizabeth, d. John True: St. Dionis Backchurch.

1596.

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Trew Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1,5141:36,8024,815
United States1,3041:277,95925,957
Australia8031:33,6194,432
Canada3731:98,78210,734
Wales1941:15,9511,727
South Africa901:601,97445,802
New Zealand601:75,47211,103
Scotland561:95,6046,623
Northern Ireland421:43,9293,909
Jamaica311:92,5794,005
Russia261:5,543,194237,148
Bermuda121:5,440820
Brazil111:19,461,303329,560
Qatar91:262,00030,726
Egypt91:10,215,08448,153
Barbados81:35,9311,672
Belarus81:1,187,63277,603
Singapore41:1,376,92628,409
Venezuela41:7,551,01953,668
Portugal41:2,604,56016,079
Switzerland31:2,737,638105,941
Panama21:1,956,12915,285
Thailand21:35,319,172966,191
Malaysia21:14,747,112316,340
Spain21:23,376,018128,922
France21:33,211,361423,184
Czechia21:5,316,734169,646
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Turkmenistan11:5,489,11211,427
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Armenia11:2,930,18022,770
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
Costa Rica11:4,780,06913,345
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Nicaragua11:6,021,0908,768
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Isle of Man11:85,8224,091
Iraq11:35,021,65431,813
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288
Guernsey11:64,4392,137
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Equatorial Guinea11:1,135,674984
British Virgin Islands11:31,5941,029
Ecuador11:15,905,84650,210
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland361:123,0527,230
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England5631:43,2965,424
Wales941:16,685993
Scotland171:220,1897,953
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2611:192,40916,879

Trew (63) may also be a first name.

Trew Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from a nickname. 'the true,' a faithful and trustworthy man. Middle English trewe.

Henry Trewe, Bedfordshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.

1595. Baptised — Elizabeth, d. John True: St. Dionis Backchurch.

1596. Buried — Elizabeth Trew: ibid.

1807. Married — Charles Walker and Ruth Trew: St. George, Hanover Square.

A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames (1896) by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley

= True, q.v.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

From Trou, Normandy. Hugh and Richard Troue, 1198 (Magni Rotuli Scaccarii Normanniae); Gerard de la Truwe, Engl. c. 1272 (Rotuli Hundredorum).

The Norman People (1874)

From the German, Trew; from the Dutch, Trouw; from the Danish, Thrue; a personal name.$

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

Trew Last Name Facts

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

The surname Trew is more frequently found in England than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Trew? popularity and diffusion

It is the 102,445th most commonly occurring last name on earth, held by approximately 1 in 1,584,594 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 40 percent of Trew live; 39 percent live in Northern Europe and 39 percent live in British Isles. It is also the 1,234,572nd most frequently used first name in the world. It is borne by 63 people.

This surname is most frequent in England, where it is held by 1,514 people, or 1 in 36,802. In England it is most prevalent in: Greater London, where 25 percent live, Essex, where 7 percent live and Hampshire, where 7 percent live. Beside England this last name exists in 48 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 28 percent live and Australia, where 17 percent live.

Trew Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Trew has changed through the years. In England the number of people who held the Trew last name grew 269 percent between 1881 and 2014; in The United States it grew 500 percent between 1880 and 2014; in Wales it grew 206 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it grew 329 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it fell 97 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Trew Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those carrying the Trew last name is predominantly Anglican (47%) in Ireland.

In The United States those bearing the Trew last name are 23.01% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 69.78% being registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Trew earn in different countries varies somewhat. In South Africa they earn 17.86% more than the national average, earning R 280,092 per year; in United States they earn 3.03% more than the national average, earning $44,456 USD per year and in Canada they earn 3.85% more than the national average, earning $51,598 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

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Treef671/
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