Trifan Surname

35,209th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 15,013 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Romania
Highest density in:
Moldova

Trifan Surname User-submission:

The Trifan surname is connected with the Latin name Trifanum (Trifano in Italian), that is a place near the mouth of the Liri River, Italy between Sinuessa and Menturnae, where the 'Battle of Trifanum' was fought in 340 BC between the Roman Republic and the Latins.

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Trifan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Romania11,6341:1,726222
Moldova2,3041:1,546160
Spain3881:120,4959,387
Russia2161:667,23657,409
United States851:4,264,223227,504
Canada671:549,93446,038
Italy491:1,248,09675,884
Germany411:1,963,548108,338
Portugal381:274,16410,086
Belarus331:287,91132,667
Greece261:426,14656,152
England181:3,095,448105,421
Transnistria161:29,6694,918
Belgium151:766,44363,354
France111:6,038,429280,838
Austria101:851,54467,454
Indonesia71:18,892,742520,071
Denmark61:940,78647,603
Kazakhstan41:4,420,624134,293
Kuwait41:950,17418,811
Brazil41:53,518,583632,670
Turkey31:25,940,474162,557
Sweden31:3,282,252190,759
Ireland31:1,569,64617,286
Iceland31:126,6975,403
Cyprus31:294,9598,690
Hungary21:4,908,13864,617
Netherlands21:8,443,588136,641
Finland21:2,748,35172,663
Thailand21:35,319,172966,191
Burkina Faso21:9,176,05023,741
Bulgaria21:3,489,45264,958
Switzerland21:4,106,458122,336
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England11:24,375,369195,128

The alternate forms: Trifán (18) are calculated separately.

Trifan (566) may also be a first name.

Trifan Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

The Trifan surname is connected with the Latin name Trifanum (Trifano in Italian), that is a place near the mouth of the Liri River, Italy between Sinuessa and Menturnae, where the 'Battle of Trifanum' was fought in 340 BC between the Roman Republic and the Latins. Being defeated, people from that place have spread throughout the whole Europe and took with them the name of their locality. Romanian Language, as a Latin one, kept the name quasi unchanged.

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Trifan Last Name Facts

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

The last name Trifan (Hindi: त्रिफान, Russian: Трифан) is most common in Romania. It can be found in the variant forms: Trifán. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Trifan? popularity and diffusion

It is the 35,209th most frequently used last name at a global level It is held by around 1 in 485,416 people. The last name Trifan is mostly found in Europe, where 98 percent of Trifan live; 94 percent live in Eastern Europe and 93 percent live in Romanian Europe. Trifan is also the 352,783rd most commonly held first name in the world, held by 566 people.

The last name is most widespread in Romania, where it is carried by 11,634 people, or 1 in 1,726. In Romania Trifan is most numerous in: Vrancea County, where 8 percent live, Galați County, where 8 percent live and Cluj County, where 7 percent live. Excluding Romania this surname occurs in 40 countries. It also occurs in Moldova, where 15 percent live and Spain, where 3 percent live.

Trifan Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Trifan has changed over time. In England the share of the population with the surname expanded 1,800 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Trifan Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those carrying the surname is primarily Orthodox (88%) in Russia and Orthodox (90%) in Ukraine.

In The United States those holding the Trifan surname are 6.56% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 53.33% registered to vote for the party.

The amount Trifan earn in different countries varies greatly. In Italy they earn 82.12% less than the national average, earning €5,368 per year; in United States they earn 5.44% less than the national average, earning $40,802 USD per year and in Canada they earn 6.45% more than the national average, earning $52,886 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Trifán9418/
Triffan921/
Trifant921/
Ttrifan921/
Trisfant86166/
Trifon831,079/
Trufan83665/
Tryfan83210/
Trefan8373/
Trifanova802,354/
Trifanová805/
Trifone77452/
Triphan77257/
Triffon77219/
Trifont7722/
Treffan7710/
Traifon772/
Trifoin771/
Trifeun771/
Traiphan71218/
Triphahn71140/
Triphane711/
Trifonova6738,303/
Tryfon67704/
Trefon67587/
Tryfanova67270/
Trefán67198/
Trufán679/
Trifonowa673/
Trefanova673/
Trufanowa671/
Trifonová671/
Triphahan671/
Treffasen670/

Trifan Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Trifan in the Hindi language
त्रिफानtriphana-
Trifan in the Russian language
Трифанtrifan-

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