Trounce Surname

577,768th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 544 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Australia
Highest density in:
Wales

Trounce Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Trogne.' Peculiar to Yorkshire, so far as I can discover. Trounce, more correctly Trowns (the s as in Jones, Jennings, Williams, Sic.), may be compared with Ellice for Ellis, or Pierce for Piers.

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Trounce Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Australia2281:118,40213,082
England1391:400,84927,632
United States651:5,576,291276,051
Canada391:944,75971,777
New Zealand321:141,51016,640
Wales301:103,1518,167
Switzerland71:1,173,27469,697
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1181:206,57116,235
Wales101:156,8426,008
Scotland11:3,743,21632,299
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States21:25,109,342694,541

Trounce Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Trogne.' Peculiar to Yorkshire, so far as I can discover. Trounce, more correctly Trowns (the s as in Jones, Jennings, Williams, Sic.), may be compared with Ellice for Ellis, or Pierce for Piers.—Since writing the above I find Trounson in Devon I have still more recently met with it in Southport, Lancashire.

Magota Trogune, 1379, Kimberworth: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.

Willelmus Trone, 1379, Kimberworth: ibid.

Johannes Trogne, 1379, Kimberworth: ibid.

Rogerus Tron, 1379, Hooton Pagnell: ibid.

Stephanus Troune, 1379, Hooton Pagnell: ibid.

Johannes Troune, 1379, Hooton Pagnell: ibid.

1582. William Trawnson, myller, and Elizabeth Johnson: Marriage Lic. (London).

1791. Married — Charles Cutter and Mary Elizabeth Trounce: St. George, Hanover Square.

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

V. Trowns.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

From the Flemish, Truyens; a personal name.

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

Trounce Last Name Facts

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

The surname Trounce is found most frequently in Australia. It can appear as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Trounce? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 577,768th most widespread family name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 13,396,224 people. Trounce occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 48 percent of Trounce live; 48 percent live in Australasia and 48 percent live in Australia and New Zealand.

Trounce is most commonly occurring in Australia, where it is carried by 228 people, or 1 in 118,402. In Australia it is most prevalent in: New South Wales, where 39 percent are found, Victoria, where 36 percent are found and Queensland, where 20 percent are found. Not including Australia it occurs in 10 countries. It also occurs in England, where 26 percent are found and The United States, where 12 percent are found.

Trounce Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Trounce has changed over time. In England the share of the population with the last name increased 118 percent between 1881 and 2014; in The United States it increased 3,250 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in Wales it increased 300 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Trounce Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Trounce surname are 29.7% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 76.47% being registered to vote for the party.

The amount Trounce earn in different countries varies markedly. In United States they earn 23.66% more than the national average, earning $53,358 USD per year and in Canada they earn 61.37% more than the national average, earning $80,174 CAD per year.

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Truncer8670/
Trunche8655/
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Trunces866/
Trounse860/
Truence860/
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Tronchez809/
Trounger803/
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Trounser801/
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Trunch775/
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Trunceitė751/
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Trunser717/
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Truntse712/
Trumche712/
Trunkei711/
Trancey711/
Truonge711/
Tronxee711/
Thrance711/
Trunsee711/
Troncit711/
Troncay711/
Trancie711/
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Treance710/
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Trunszer670/
Tranceys670/

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