Tristan Surname
Approximately 18,521 people bear this surname
Tristan Surname Definition:
(Celtic) Noisy One, Blusterer [Welsh trystan (Pughe); from (with suff. -an) Welsh trystio, to make a noise, bluster; trwst, a noise (cp. trwstan, clumsy] Drystan mab Tallwch.—‘Breuddwyd Rhonabwy’ (Dream of Rhonabwy); Mabinogion, etc.
Trystan the son of Tallwch.
Read More About This SurnameTristan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mexico | 9,283 | 1:13,371 | 1,229 |
| United States | 4,263 | 1:85,024 | 9,619 |
| Spain | 1,359 | 1:34,402 | 3,437 |
| Peru | 792 | 1:40,131 | 3,731 |
| Argentina | 659 | 1:64,861 | 5,541 |
| Panama | 487 | 1:8,033 | 795 |
| France | 309 | 1:214,960 | 33,430 |
| Russia | 229 | 1:629,358 | 54,964 |
| Bolivia | 226 | 1:46,975 | 2,631 |
| Haiti | 172 | 1:62,116 | 3,514 |
| Philippines | 139 | 1:728,333 | 72,844 |
| Costa Rica | 94 | 1:50,852 | 1,150 |
| Brazil | 60 | 1:3,567,906 | 100,128 |
| Kazakhstan | 57 | 1:310,219 | 25,916 |
| Dominican Republic | 46 | 1:226,803 | 8,136 |
| Indonesia | 46 | 1:2,874,982 | 163,265 |
| Singapore | 39 | 1:141,223 | 6,278 |
| Uruguay | 25 | 1:137,270 | 12,322 |
| Canada | 24 | 1:1,535,233 | 104,339 |
| Belgium | 23 | 1:499,854 | 48,667 |
| Venezuela | 20 | 1:1,510,204 | 20,059 |
| England | 19 | 1:2,932,529 | 101,561 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 16 | 1:373,291 | 30,949 |
| Belarus | 15 | 1:633,404 | 54,314 |
| Germany | 12 | 1:6,708,788 | 223,026 |
| Thailand | 10 | 1:7,063,834 | 426,148 |
| Cayman Islands | 8 | 1:7,987 | 922 |
| New Zealand | 7 | 1:646,903 | 40,014 |
| Malaysia | 7 | 1:4,213,461 | 150,293 |
| Australia | 6 | 1:4,499,284 | 146,780 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Portugal | 4 | 1:2,604,560 | 16,079 |
| Colombia | 4 | 1:11,943,518 | 26,735 |
| Azerbaijan | 4 | 1:2,412,280 | 25,948 |
| Sweden | 3 | 1:3,282,252 | 190,759 |
| Switzerland | 3 | 1:2,737,638 | 105,941 |
| Moldova | 3 | 1:1,187,123 | 48,973 |
| Algeria | 3 | 1:12,877,184 | 84,902 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
| South Korea | 2 | 1:25,620,128 | 4,175 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| Iceland | 2 | 1:190,045 | 6,825 |
| Israel | 2 | 1:4,278,817 | 136,311 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| Italy | 2 | 1:30,578,344 | 160,757 |
| Netherlands | 2 | 1:8,443,588 | 136,641 |
| American Samoa | 1 | 1:55,758 | 3,072 |
| Bahamas | 1 | 1:391,751 | 2,737 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Cuba | 1 | 1:11,522,716 | 17,380 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Mauritius | 1 | 1:1,293,417 | 16,552 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Puerto Rico | 1 | 1:3,550,139 | 9,109 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Monaco | 1 | 1:37,066 | 4,748 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 11 | 1:2,215,943 | 64,354 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 3 | 1:16,739,561 | 595,711 |
The alternate forms: Tristán (126) & Tristàn (4) are calculated separately.
Tristan (66,968) may also be a first name.
Tristan Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
(Celtic) Noisy One, Blusterer [Welsh trystan (Pughe); from (with suff. -an) Welsh trystio, to make a noise, bluster; trwst, a noise (cp. trwstan, clumsy] Drystan mab Tallwch.—‘Breuddwyd Rhonabwy’ (Dream of Rhonabwy); Mabinogion, etc.
Trystan the son of Tallwch.—do. do. tr. Guest.
The mod. Welsh version (Edwards) has (with mutation)—... a [and] Thrystan fab Tallwch.
Parmi les noms propres pictes plus ou moins bien conservés que l’on peut citer, d’après la Chronica Pictorum, il y en a dont l’origine celtique est incontestable. Ainsi le roi, Drust, fils d’Erp, aurait été contemporain de saint Patrice; c’est de Drust que dérive Drystan, nom d’un gallois fameux dans le cycle de la Table ronde et plus connu en France sous le nom de Tristan.—de Jubainville, Les Celtes (1904), p. 29.
Wagner’s 'Tristan und Isolde’ was based on Gottfried of Strassburg’s unfinished epic (c. 121o) so entitled. Gottfried, who adapted Thomas of Brittany, gives triste, ‘sorrowful’, as the origin of the name Tristan—sô nenne wir in Tristan.
nu heizet triste triure [raod.Ger. trauer, sorrow] . ..
von triste Tristan was sin name.—11. 1996-2001.
Cp. Tristram.
Tristan Demographics
Average Tristan Salary in
United States
$35,876 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Tristan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tristan Come From? nationality or country of origin
Tristan (Arabic: تريستان, Georgian: ტრისტან, Russian: Тристан) is found in Mexico more than any other country/territory. It can also appear in the variant forms: Tristán or Tristàn. Click here for other potential spellings of Tristan.
How Common Is The Last Name Tristan? popularity and diffusion
The last name Tristan is the 28,991st most prevalent surname worldwide It is held by around 1 in 393,475 people. The last name is predominantly found in The Americas, where 84 percent of Tristan are found; 70 percent are found in North America and 50 percent are found in Hispano-North America. It is also the 14,419th most prevalent first name throughout the world, borne by 66,968 people.
The last name is most commonly used in Mexico, where it is borne by 9,283 people, or 1 in 13,371. In Mexico it is mostly found in: San Luis Potosí, where 31 percent reside, Nuevo León, where 29 percent reside and Tamaulipas, where 12 percent reside. Outside of Mexico this surname occurs in 68 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 23 percent reside and Spain, where 7 percent reside.
Tristan Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Tristan has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Tristan last name increased 142,100 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it increased 173 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Tristan Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the last name is predominantly Orthodox (100%) in Russia and Orthodox (84%) in Ukraine.
In The United States those holding the Tristan surname are 42.81% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 96.04% registered with the party.
The amount Tristan earn in different countries varies markedly. In Peru they earn 1.17% less than the national average, earning S/. 19,159 per year; in United States they earn 16.86% less than the national average, earning $35,876 USD per year and in Canada they earn 26.49% more than the national average, earning $62,844 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Tristan Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Tristan in the Georgian language | ||
| ტრისტან | tristan | - |
| Tristan in the Russian language | ||
| Тристан | tristan | - |
| Tristan in the Arabic language | ||
| تريستان | trystan | - |
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