Trigger Surname

266,766th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,465 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Guernsey

Trigger Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Troggar'; v. Tricker.

Hugh Troggar, Somerset, 1 Edward III: Kirby's Quest.

Trigger Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States6091:595,17148,535
Australia3631:74,3688,731
England3021:184,49716,523
New Zealand491:92,41512,718
Canada411:898,67368,969
Scotland231:232,77511,829
Israel161:534,85239,210
South Africa131:4,167,516132,322
India131:59,005,029552,550
Wales71:442,07621,198
Nigeria21:88,571,379625,098
Philippines21:50,619,112341,003
Spain21:23,376,018128,922
China21:683,660,78330,601
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Senegal11:14,579,34211,705
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Mauritius11:1,293,41716,552
Isle of Man11:85,8224,091
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Haiti11:10,683,90724,607
Guernsey11:64,4392,137
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
Gabon11:1,889,1946,814
France11:66,422,722504,397
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
Botswana11:2,186,92930,250
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England2231:109,30710,757
Wales21:784,20816,349
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States711:707,30545,577

Trigger (205) may also be a first name.

Trigger Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Troggar'; v. Tricker.

Hugh Troggar, Somerset, 1 Edward III: Kirby's Quest.

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

(Scandinavian) represents an Old Norse Tryggeir = Trusty Spear [Old Norse trygg-r, trusty, true + geir-r, a spear]

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

Place name in Wales (Tregear).

South African Surnames (1965) by Eric Rosenthal

1. I knew this name, at Alfriston, co. Sussex, corrupted from the local name Trigwell. 2. A correspondent informs me that this is a rather common name at Madeley, co. Salop, where it is understood to signify an employment. A Trigger is one who cuts small watercourses, locally called trigs, in meadows capable of irrigation. The name is therefore analogous to Ditcher.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

A corruption of the surname Tregeare, Tregear, Tregere, Tregare; from Tregeare in the parish of Crowan, where the family were resident as late as 1732; from tre-geare, the green or fruitful place.

Ludus Patronymicus (1868) by Richard Stephen Charnock

From the Old Norse, Tryggvi; from the Danish, Trygg, Traeger; from the Dutch, Drieger; from the Flemish, Trigot; from the German, Troeger; A. Trygger; a personal name.

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

Trigger Last Name Facts

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

Trigger is found in The United States more than any other country or territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Trigger? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 266,766th most prevalent last name worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 4,974,434 people. It is mostly found in The Americas, where 43 percent of Trigger live; 42 percent live in North America and 42 percent live in Anglo-North America. Trigger is also the 632,267th most frequent forename globally, held by 205 people.

The surname is most common in The United States, where it is borne by 609 people, or 1 in 595,171. In The United States Trigger is primarily concentrated in: Maryland, where 28 percent reside, Michigan, where 14 percent reside and Virginia, where 11 percent reside. Other than The United States Trigger occurs in 33 countries. It also occurs in Australia, where 25 percent reside and England, where 21 percent reside.

Trigger Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Trigger has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name increased 858 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it increased 135 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Wales it increased 350 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Trigger Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Trigger last name are 16.34% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 63.11% registered with the party.

The amount Trigger earn in different countries varies somewhat. In South Africa they earn 16.44% more than the national average, earning R 276,696 per year; in United States they earn 1.91% more than the national average, earning $43,974 USD per year and in Canada they earn 15.48% more than the national average, earning $57,376 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Triger92224/
Trigge9285/
Traiger86371/
Treiger86247/
Trieger86202/
Trygger8628/
Triguer8628/
Tregger8626/
Tragger8611/
Trigere868/
Trogger862/
Trigges862/
Trigher861/
Trigget861/
Troiger861/
Trier833,261/
Trige8367/
Treiguer8034/
Treigher8014/
Troinger803/
Triguerd801/
Trissger800/
Träger775,790/
Trager773,084/
Treier771,406/
Treger771,371/
Truger77191/
Traier77127/
Treige77125/
Thrige7763/
Tréger7761/
Tráger7740/
Troier7730/
Trigga7717/
Trizer7715/
Tryger7710/
Triser779/
Tregge778/
Traige776/
Triges776/
Tricer775/
Trygge774/
Trigez773/
Trigre772/
Triggi772/
Triget771/
Trigie771/
Trigea770/
Trighe770/
Treguer711,348/
Trauger71930/
Treyger71204/
Traiser71199/
Treager71130/
Tredger71115/
Treiher7174/
Treiser7154/
Treuger7154/
Tréguer7149/
Treeger7146/
Tregier7144/
Trygier7136/
Trazier7128/
Trueger7128/
Trejger7118/
Trygged7115/
Triguez7113/
Tricher7110/
Tresger719/
Tregert718/
Tregere717/
Trayger717/
Thrierr717/
Treiere716/
Thriege715/
Tregges715/
Trigues715/
Treizer715/
Tradger713/
Triguet713/
Trawier712/
Triggis712/
Trizzer712/
Tryoger712/
Trejier712/
Tregget711/
Trexier711/
Trezger711/
Trixier711/
Trigeth711/
Trayier711/
Trahier711/
Thriser711/
Triguea711/
Treeier711/
Tryggehård711/
Triezer711/
Trizier711/
Thruger710/
Thrager710/
Trieser710/
Trouger710/
Trugier710/
Treur671,022/
Traer67325/
Treer67265/
Triga67131/
Tryer67105/
Traweger6790/
Truer6778/
Trear6755/
Tricheur6745/
Troizier6736/
Trouzier6735/
Troicher6732/
Treggett6731/
Treguear6729/
Trigi6726/
Trege6718/
Treicher6714/
Troisier6714/
Treijere679/
Troer678/
Treir673/
Trichert673/
Tritcher673/
Trixe672/
Throwier671/
Trair671/
Treanger671/
Treggiar671/
Triecher671/
Trigieth671/
Trichier671/
Trizzier671/
Thriguez671/
Tressger670/
Thrasger670/
Thrauger670/

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Footnotes

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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Trigger
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