Trounson Surname

643,972nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 471 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Australia
Highest density in:
New Zealand

Trounson 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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Trounson Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Australia1921:140,60315,124
New Zealand1311:34,5675,960
England891:626,04636,944
United States531:6,838,848318,712
Wales31:1,031,51134,732
South Korea21:25,620,1284,175
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1091:223,62717,016
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States91:5,579,854232,921

Trounson 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. Trownson.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

From tre-rounsan, the ass's town. There is a place called Goon Rounsan, "the ass's downs," in St. Enodor. Trounce is a surname.

Patronymica Cornu-Britannica (1870) by Richard Stephen Charnock

Trounson Last Name Facts

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

Trounson is most common in Australia. It can be rendered as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Trounson? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 643,972nd most common surname internationally, held by approximately 1 in 15,472,497 people. This last name is mostly found in Oceania, where 69 percent of Trounson reside; 69 percent reside in Australasia and 69 percent reside in Australia and New Zealand.

Trounson is most commonly used in Australia, where it is borne by 192 people, or 1 in 140,603. In Australia it is primarily found in: New South Wales, where 50 percent live, Victoria, where 38 percent live and Australian Capital Territory, where 5 percent live. Aside from Australia this last name occurs in 6 countries. It also occurs in New Zealand, where 28 percent live and England, where 19 percent live.

Trounson Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Trounson has changed through the years. In England the share of the population with the last name declined 18 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it grew 589 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Trounson Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Trounson last name are 25.45% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 72.22% being registered to vote for the political party.

Trounson earn significantly more than the average income. In United States they earn 32.65% more than the national average, earning $57,235 USD per year.

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