Trewren Surname

1,409,418th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 154 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
Australia

Trewren Surname Definition:

The family were seated at Driff in the parish of Sancreed, in the year 1340. C. S. Gilbert's Cornwall. It is doubtless a Tre of Cornish growth.

Trewren Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England771:723,61140,488
Australia621:435,41534,362
United States141:25,889,924709,614
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England471:518,62527,981

Trewren Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

The family were seated at Driff in the parish of Sancreed, in the year 1340. C. S. Gilbert's Cornwall. It is doubtless a Tre of Cornish growth.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

From tre-rhyn, the town on the hill; or tre-reen, the fortified or fighting place. "The family of Trewren were seated at Driff, in the parish of Saricreot, in 1340." (C. S. Gilbert. )

Patronymica Cornu-Britannica (1870) by Richard Stephen Charnock

From Trewern; North Wales. Or Truren; a location name in Cornwall.

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

Trewren Last Name Facts

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

Trewren is found in England more than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Trewren click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Trewren? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,409,418th most numerous family name throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 47,321,727 people. It is mostly found in Europe, where 50 percent of Trewren reside; 50 percent reside in Northern Europe and 50 percent reside in British Isles.

This last name is most frequently occurring in England, where it is borne by 77 people, or 1 in 723,611. In England it is primarily concentrated in: Gloucestershire, where 19 percent reside, Cornwall, where 17 percent reside and Berkshire, where 13 percent reside. Besides England this surname exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in Australia, where 40 percent reside and The United States, where 9 percent reside.

Trewren Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Trewren has changed over time. In England the share of the population with the surname expanded 164 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Trewren Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Trewren surname are 53.23% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 100% registered to vote for the party.

Trewren earn less than half the average income. In United States they earn 52.2% less than the national average, earning $20,625 USD per year.

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