Tristan Surname

28,991st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 18,521 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Mexico
Highest density in:
Cayman Islands

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.

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Tristan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Mexico9,2831:13,3711,229
United States4,2631:85,0249,619
Spain1,3591:34,4023,437
Peru7921:40,1313,731
Argentina6591:64,8615,541
Panama4871:8,033795
France3091:214,96033,430
Russia2291:629,35854,964
Bolivia2261:46,9752,631
Haiti1721:62,1163,514
Philippines1391:728,33372,844
Costa Rica941:50,8521,150
Brazil601:3,567,906100,128
Kazakhstan571:310,21925,916
Dominican Republic461:226,8038,136
Indonesia461:2,874,982163,265
Singapore391:141,2236,278
Uruguay251:137,27012,322
Canada241:1,535,233104,339
Belgium231:499,85448,667
Venezuela201:1,510,20420,059
England191:2,932,529101,561
Kyrgyzstan161:373,29130,949
Belarus151:633,40454,314
Germany121:6,708,788223,026
Thailand101:7,063,834426,148
Cayman Islands81:7,987922
New Zealand71:646,90340,014
Malaysia71:4,213,461150,293
Australia61:4,499,284146,780
DR Congo41:18,469,892182,906
Portugal41:2,604,56016,079
Colombia41:11,943,51826,735
Azerbaijan41:2,412,28025,948
Sweden31:3,282,252190,759
Switzerland31:2,737,638105,941
Moldova31:1,187,12348,973
Algeria31:12,877,18484,902
India21:383,532,6911,645,216
China21:683,660,78330,601
South Korea21:25,620,1284,175
South Africa21:27,088,852277,613
Uganda21:19,519,640189,114
Iceland21:190,0456,825
Israel21:4,278,817136,311
Nigeria21:88,571,379625,098
Italy21:30,578,344160,757
Netherlands21:8,443,588136,641
American Samoa11:55,7583,072
Bahamas11:391,7512,737
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Bangladesh11:159,356,77326,077
Taiwan11:23,444,74693,622
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Cuba11:11,522,71617,380
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
Mauritius11:1,293,41716,552
Georgia11:3,745,54547,852
Romania11:20,077,87089,414
Puerto Rico11:3,550,1399,109
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Morocco11:34,476,099111,471
Monaco11:37,0664,748
Liberia11:4,408,53547,110
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England111:2,215,94364,354
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States31:16,739,561595,711

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.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

Tristan Last Name Facts

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

The last name Tristan (Arabic: تريستان, Georgian: ტრისტან, Russian: Тристан) is more frequently found in Mexico than any other country/territory. It may occur in the variant forms: Tristán or Tristàn. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Tristan? popularity and diffusion

The last name Tristan is the 28,991st most common family name internationally, borne by around 1 in 393,475 people. The last name Tristan is predominantly found in The Americas, where 84 percent of Tristan live; 70 percent live in North America and 50 percent live in Hispano-North America. Tristan is also the 14,419th most numerous forename world-wide. It is borne by 66,968 people.

The surname Tristan is most frequent in Mexico, where it is borne by 9,283 people, or 1 in 13,371. In Mexico it is most common in: San Luis Potosí, where 31 percent are found, Nuevo León, where 29 percent are found and Tamaulipas, where 12 percent are found. Excluding Mexico Tristan is found in 68 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 23 percent are found and Spain, where 7 percent are found.

Tristan Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Tristan has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the last name rose 142,100 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it rose 173 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Tristan Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the last name is principally Orthodox (100%) in Russia and Orthodox (84%) in Ukraine.

In The United States those holding the Tristan last name are 42.81% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 96.04% registered with the political 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

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Tristan in the Georgian language
ტრისტანtristan-
Tristan in the Russian language
Тристанtristan-
Tristan in the Arabic language
تريستانtrystan-

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