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Trewoofe Surname Definition:
TREWOOFE: From Trewoofe in Burian; from tre-woof the place frequented by blackbirds (from moelh, in compos. woelk, woof). Hals says the local name Trewoofe signifies "the town or dwelling of ob-yarn, such as the sail spinsters make, in order to be woof, or woven cross the warp in pieces of cloth, stuff, or serges, from whence was denominated a family of gentlemen named Trewoofe, who, out of a mistaken etymology of their name, gave for their arms, in a field, three wolves' heads; whereas try-bleith, try-bleit, is three wolves in Cornish.
Trewoofe Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
TREWOOFE: From Trewoofe in Burian; from tre-woof the place frequented by blackbirds (from moelh, in compos. woelk, woof). Hals says the local name Trewoofe signifies "the town or dwelling of ob-yarn, such as the sail spinsters make, in order to be woof, or woven cross the warp in pieces of cloth, stuff, or serges, from whence was denominated a family of gentlemen named Trewoofe, who, out of a mistaken etymology of their name, gave for their arms, in a field, three wolves' heads; whereas try-bleith, try-bleit, is three wolves in Cornish."
TREWOOFE: An estate in Burian, co. Cornwall, the inheritance of the family in the XV. century. C. S. Gilbert's Cornwall.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Trofe | 77 | 99 | / |
| Trefe | 77 | 13 | / |
| Troof | 77 | 1 | / |
| Terefe | 71 | 124,048 | / |
| Tarefe | 71 | 533 | / |
| Trofeo | 71 | 266 | / |
| Trefeu | 71 | 156 | / |
| Treffe | 71 | 86 | / |
| Troffe | 71 | 60 | / |
| Torefe | 71 | 43 | / |
| Taroof | 71 | 13 | / |
| Trofei | 71 | 4 | / |
| Troufe | 71 | 4 | / |
| Treufe | 71 | 3 | / |
| Trefie | 71 | 2 | / |
| Tarofe | 71 | 2 | / |
| Trefee | 71 | 2 | / |
| Tirefe | 71 | 1 | / |
| Trefey | 71 | 0 | / |
| Trofee | 71 | 0 | / |
| Treouf | 71 | 0 | / |
| Terrefe | 67 | 1,628 | / |
| Tref | 67 | 101 | / |
| Trof | 67 | 92 | / |
| Troffei | 67 | 26 | / |
| Toworfe | 67 | 24 | / |
| Troffey | 67 | 21 | / |
| Tereffe | 67 | 19 | / |
| Trfe | 67 | 6 | / |
| Terefie | 67 | 2 | / |
| Trewvey | 67 | 2 | / |
| Trevioo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Torrefe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Tereife | 67 | 1 | / |
| Toreoov | 67 | 1 | / |
| Drawoof | 67 | 1 | / |
| Trieoff | 67 | 0 | / |
| Treffey | 67 | 0 | / |
| Trebov | 57 | 17 | / |
| Trebow | 57 | 8 | / |
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