Trotter Surname
Approximately 37,933 people bear this surname
Trotter Surname Definition:
This surname is derived from an official title, 'the trotter,' a messenger, one who trotted. Skeat says (v. trot): 'the Frenchtrotter, 'to trot': Cotgrave French and English Dictionary Old French troter, 13th century: Littre. We also find Old French trotier, a trotter, a messenger, Low Latin trotarius, = Latin tolutarius, going at a trot.
Read More About This SurnameTrotter Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 25,837 | 1:14,029 | 1,746 |
| England | 4,241 | 1:13,138 | 1,942 |
| Australia | 3,110 | 1:8,680 | 1,288 |
| Canada | 1,488 | 1:24,762 | 3,349 |
| New Zealand | 880 | 1:5,146 | 828 |
| Scotland | 816 | 1:6,561 | 1,029 |
| South Africa | 293 | 1:184,907 | 20,185 |
| Germany | 259 | 1:310,832 | 31,514 |
| France | 216 | 1:307,513 | 46,888 |
| Northern Ireland | 170 | 1:10,853 | 1,674 |
| Wales | 65 | 1:47,608 | 4,483 |
| Spain | 61 | 1:766,427 | 32,250 |
| Italy | 43 | 1:1,422,249 | 79,532 |
| Singapore | 39 | 1:141,223 | 6,278 |
| Switzerland | 39 | 1:210,588 | 18,223 |
| Chile | 28 | 1:629,160 | 15,000 |
| Ireland | 27 | 1:174,405 | 7,679 |
| Mexico | 25 | 1:4,965,048 | 29,049 |
| Netherlands | 24 | 1:703,632 | 56,027 |
| Thailand | 22 | 1:3,210,834 | 301,565 |
| Guernsey | 22 | 1:2,929 | 767 |
| Jamaica | 18 | 1:159,442 | 5,298 |
| Norway | 15 | 1:342,819 | 32,589 |
| Zimbabwe | 11 | 1:1,403,476 | 76,064 |
| Panama | 10 | 1:391,226 | 8,067 |
| Barbados | 9 | 1:31,939 | 1,516 |
| Brazil | 9 | 1:23,786,037 | 375,389 |
| Qatar | 9 | 1:262,000 | 30,726 |
| Saudi Arabia | 9 | 1:3,428,424 | 32,607 |
| Argentina | 8 | 1:5,342,927 | 168,491 |
| Russia | 8 | 1:18,015,382 | 436,635 |
| United Arab Emirates | 8 | 1:1,145,284 | 40,289 |
| Denmark | 8 | 1:705,589 | 39,626 |
| Jersey | 8 | 1:12,400 | 2,398 |
| China | 7 | 1:195,331,652 | 10,124 |
| Sweden | 7 | 1:1,406,680 | 102,017 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 6 | 1:16,528 | 1,436 |
| Philippines | 5 | 1:20,247,645 | 262,352 |
| Czechia | 5 | 1:2,126,694 | 115,412 |
| Israel | 5 | 1:1,711,527 | 84,568 |
| Malaysia | 4 | 1:7,373,556 | 230,001 |
| India | 4 | 1:191,766,346 | 1,073,940 |
| Belgium | 4 | 1:2,874,161 | 111,046 |
| Botswana | 4 | 1:546,732 | 22,624 |
| Serbia | 3 | 1:2,381,649 | 30,913 |
| El Salvador | 3 | 1:2,114,629 | 5,401 |
| Costa Rica | 3 | 1:1,593,356 | 8,177 |
| Indonesia | 2 | 1:66,124,597 | 756,638 |
| South Korea | 2 | 1:25,620,128 | 4,175 |
| Croatia | 2 | 1:2,114,302 | 85,143 |
| Pakistan | 2 | 1:89,321,942 | 157,560 |
| Austria | 2 | 1:4,257,718 | 99,224 |
| Romania | 2 | 1:10,038,935 | 80,612 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
| Bahamas | 1 | 1:391,751 | 2,737 |
| Sri Lanka | 1 | 1:20,808,560 | 18,521 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Cayman Islands | 1 | 1:63,893 | 2,384 |
| Chad | 1 | 1:13,592,199 | 13,092 |
| Dominica | 1 | 1:75,891 | 912 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| French Polynesia | 1 | 1:280,805 | 7,211 |
| Bolivia | 1 | 1:10,616,434 | 17,077 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Slovakia | 1 | 1:5,336,450 | 140,422 |
| Isle of Man | 1 | 1:85,822 | 4,091 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Laos | 1 | 1:6,588,323 | 1,961 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Libya | 1 | 1:6,243,974 | 6,186 |
| Cambodia | 1 | 1:15,487,146 | 14,824 |
| Myanmar | 1 | 1:51,937,985 | 2,166 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 295 | 1:15,016 | 1,917 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 2,186 | 1:11,151 | 1,702 |
| Scotland | 920 | 1:4,069 | 655 |
| Wales | 41 | 1:38,254 | 2,050 |
| Jersey | 1 | 1:51,882 | 3,898 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 3,648 | 1:13,766 | 1,766 |
Trotter (105) may also be a first name.
Trotter Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
This surname is derived from an official title, 'the trotter,' a messenger, one who trotted. Skeat says (v. trot): 'the Frenchtrotter, 'to trot': Cotgrave French and English Dictionary Old French troter, 13th century: Littre. We also find Old French trotier, a trotter, a messenger, Low Latin trotarius, = Latin tolutarius, going at a trot.' It is possible that in some cases it is a nickname from the gait of the progenitor, as 'trotter' for a horse was in use. 'Trottare, horse, succursarius': Promptorium Parvulorum The first, of course, is the natural origin. 'Leon Trottier. French confectioner' in the London Directory, reminds us of the French equivalent.
Johannes Trotter, 1379: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.
Thomas Trotter.: Barnes' Ecclesiastical Proceedings (Surtees Society).
Richard Trotter. Calendarium Rotulorum Patentium in Turri Londinensi.
1596-7. Married — Walter Trotter and Elizabeth Golding: St Dionis Backchurch.
1581. Edward Mott and Isabel Trotter: Marriage Lic. (London).
From OF. trotier, mod. French trotteur, a runner, messenger. There was a Border clan of this name the head of which was Trotter of Prentannan, Berwickshire, and the name appears also in the north of England, particularly in the county of Durham, where it is common. The Trotters of Mortonhall near Edinburgh are an old family said to date back to the reign of Robert II (1370-1390). John Trottir served on an inquisition taken at Berwick-on-Tweed, 1370 (Bain, IV, 175). John Trottar of Fluriswall is mentioned in 1478, and George Trottar and Sanderis Trottar witnessed a declaration by John of Roull in 1479 (Home, 24, 25). John Trottare and Alexander Tiottare were summoned in 1479 to answer to Parliament for treason and other crimes (APS., II, p. 129). John Trotter, son and heir of quondam Ninian Trotter, had a charter of a carucate called Waringzes land in Coldingham, 1512 (RD., p. 379). Peter Trotar in Reidpeth, 1630 (Inquis., 8606). The name is common in the Commissariot Record of Lauder, 1561-1800.
(Anglo-French-Teut.) Pedestrian, Runner, Messenger [Old French trotier (French trotteur); of Teutonic orig.] Trottier is a fairly common French surname.
An O.Ger. Trothari, ‘Beloved Army’, is recorded; but a corresponding Anglo-Saxon name does not seem to occur.
“Messenger” in Old French.
(English, Scottish, French) One who acted as a runner or messenger.
A rambler. John Trotter was outlawed, temp. Robert II.
(French.) Trotteur, a person always on the trot; a rambler.
From the Dutch, Trottier; a personal name.
Trotter: a running footman.
The name of Robert Trotter occurs in the list of Yorkshire contributors to the fund collected at the time of the expected Spanish invasion in 1588 (Sp.).
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Trotter Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Trotter Come From? nationality or country of origin
Trotter (Russian: Троттер) is carried by more people in The United States than any other country or territory. It can appear as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Trotter? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 14,683rd most commonly used last name at a global level It is held by around 1 in 192,116 people. This last name occurs mostly in The Americas, where 72 percent of Trotter are found; 72 percent are found in North America and 72 percent are found in Anglo-North America. Trotter is also the 920,134th most common first name globally It is held by 105 people.
The surname Trotter is most frequently used in The United States, where it is borne by 25,837 people, or 1 in 14,029. In The United States Trotter is most prevalent in: Texas, where 9 percent reside, California, where 8 percent reside and Illinois, where 6 percent reside. Apart from The United States it exists in 78 countries. It is also common in England, where 11 percent reside and Australia, where 8 percent reside.
Trotter Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Trotter has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Trotter last name increased 708 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it increased 194 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it declined 11 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it increased 159 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it declined 91 percent between 1901 and 2014.
Trotter Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the last name is predominantly Anglican (62%) in Ireland.
In The United States those holding the Trotter surname are 13.58% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 60.35% registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Trotter earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 41.9% more than the national average, earning 491,090 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 45.35% more than the national average, earning R 345,408 per year; in United States they earn 6.06% less than the national average, earning $40,536 USD per year and in Canada they earn 3.45% more than the national average, earning $51,398 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Trotter Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Trotter in the Russian language | ||
| Троттер | trotter | - |
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