Trist Surname

316,396th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,185 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Australia
Highest density in:
Australia

Trist Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'at the tryst,' the place of meeting. Middle English trist, 'a tryst, meeting-place; station in hunting' (Mayhew and Skeat). Lower says, 'the Frenchtriste, sad, pensive.' It may be so, but I find no evidence.

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Trist Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Australia4601:58,6867,127
Pakistan2301:776,71311,178
England1681:331,65524,447
United States1361:2,665,139160,299
Canada831:443,92338,562
New Zealand551:82,33311,809
Scotland191:281,78013,396
Taiwan31:7,814,91541,694
Russia31:48,041,019639,186
Denmark21:2,822,35876,882
Cuba21:5,761,35813,825
Wales21:1,547,26639,871
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
Belgium21:5,748,322130,559
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Sri Lanka11:20,808,56018,521
Romania11:20,077,87089,414
Macau11:601,6301,582
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Moldova11:3,561,36878,271
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Lebanon11:5,637,08332,436
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Iran11:76,782,524277,718
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
France11:66,422,722504,397
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Algeria11:38,631,551130,422
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England2131:114,43811,110
Wales101:156,8426,008
Guernsey81:4,082713
Scotland61:623,86916,225
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States431:1,167,87666,381

Trist (65) may also be a first name.

Trist Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'at the tryst,' the place of meeting. Middle English trist, 'a tryst, meeting-place; station in hunting' (Mayhew and Skeat). Lower says, 'the Frenchtriste, sad, pensive.' It may be so, but I find no evidence.

Peter atte Treste, Buckinghamshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.

1589. Richard Tryst or Trist, Norfolk: Register of the University of Oxford.

1679. Buried —Mrs. Sarah Tryst: St. Antholin (London).

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

(Anglo-French) Dweller at a Tryst or Hunting-Station [Middle English Old French triste, Low Latin trista] Lo, hold thee at thy triste clos, and I Shal wel the deer unto thy bowe drive.— Chaucer, Troil. & Cris-, ii. 1534-5.

The French triste, Latin trist-is, ‘sad’, does not seem to have given rise to a pers. name—at any rate to one that has survived.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

1. French triste, "sad, pensive, grieved, heavie, discontented, melancholicke, wofull, dolefull, sorrowfull: also grave, austere, sowre, harsh." Cotgrave. The name is traced in the pedigree to about the year 1370. B.L.G. 2. A nickname of Tristram.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

Trist Last Name Facts

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

The surname Trist (Russian: Трист) is borne by more people in Australia than any other country or territory. It can be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Trist? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 316,396th most frequently used last name on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 6,149,828 people. It occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 43 percent of Trist reside; 43 percent reside in Australasia and 43 percent reside in Australia and New Zealand. Trist is also the 1,212,820th most numerous given name globally, held by 65 people.

The last name Trist is most widespread in Australia, where it is borne by 460 people, or 1 in 58,686. In Australia it is most common in: Victoria, where 68 percent live, New South Wales, where 27 percent live and Queensland, where 3 percent live. Barring Australia this surname occurs in 31 countries. It is also found in Pakistan, where 19 percent live and England, where 14 percent live.

Trist Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Trist has changed over time. In England the number of people who held the Trist surname contracted 21 percent between 1881 and 2014; in The United States it increased 316 percent between 1880 and 2014; in Scotland it increased 317 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Wales it contracted 80 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Trist Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Trist last name are 36.56% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 83.33% being registered with the party.

The amount Trist earn in different countries varies notably. In United States they earn 30.49% more than the national average, earning $56,306 USD per year and in Canada they earn 6.28% more than the national average, earning $52,802 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Triste912,253/
Triest911,191/
Thrist9182/
Triost912/
Treist911/
Troist911/
Traist911/
Triëst911/
Truist910/
Tris891,072/
Trit89358/
Traisth831/
Traiset831/
Tritt803,087/
Trust801,686/
Treis801,201/
Trois80769/
Tries80662/
Trest80593/
Triet80572/
Triss80314/
Trisz80305/
Triot80262/
Treit80186/
Trait80153/
Trais8088/
Truit8077/
Trish8069/
Trise8042/
Troit8042/
Trite8021/
Trios8020/
Truis806/
Trith802/
Thris802/
Tryst801/
Thrit801/
Tridt801/
Tróis801/
Triết801/
Trizt801/
Trixt800/
Troischt7741/
Tristova772/
Traisset771/
Trischtz771/
Tri7567,718/
Truitt7312,845/
Troise731,347/
Trisch731,208/
Treitz73709/
Treise73507/
Traise73270/
Treijs73209/
Threis73176/
Traish73170/
Treiss73145/
Trøite73123/
Traite7394/
Traitz7360/
Tricht7350/
Treste7350/
Treest7343/
Troiss7342/
Treidt7338/
Treust7337/
Truite7336/
Triess7332/
Triesh7329/
Triesz7322/
Treish7321/
Troite7320/
Trisse7317/
Treite7315/
Treisz7313/
Traits738/
Trishe737/
Traith736/
Tørris736/
Troits735/
Treitt735/
Tritte735/
Thrust735/
Trizte735/
Thriet733/
Triett733/
Thritt732/
Truise732/
Truith732/
Trests732/
Tresth732/
Truust732/
Threit731/
Traiss731/
Traitt731/
Trustt731/
Tritce731/
Troitt731/
Truest731/
Truidt731/
Thriot731/
Tritse731/
Truits731/
Tőrizs731/
T'Riet731/
Treids731/
Tresht731/
Treizt731/
Trioth731/
Trritt730/
Thries730/
Thrise730/
Threst730/
Treast730/
Troith730/
Truiss730/
Thrish730/
Thriss730/
Trai6710,263/
Tres674,660/
Trip672,905/
Trio672,656/
Trie672,017/
Troi671,445/
Triesch671,051/
Trid67844/
Trei67805/
Trii67358/
Trix67277/
Treisch67274/
Tret67217/
Trih67155/
Trhi67145/
Triz67114/
Threiss67107/
Tryt6797/
Trui6771/
Thri6769/
Triszcz6762/
Troisch6747/
Trishch6737/
Truitte6736/
Três6731/
Treisse6724/
Trys6720/
Traggis6719/
Traisch6718/
Trahais6718/
Trés6715/
Tritová6713/
Tőri6712/
Tőricht6712/
Trisova6710/
Trische679/
Treihse679/
Triy676/
Très676/
Traisse674/
Troitte673/
Treiseh673/
Tritova673/
Traishe673/
Trri673/
Trij672/
Ttri672/
Tråi672/
Htri672/
Treitch671/
Trruitt671/
Truitts671/
Treisce671/
Trıs671/
Trzi671/
Trheiss671/
Trjs671/
Thrisch670/
Traitte670/

Trist Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Trist in the Russian language
Тристtrist-

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