Explore the Family Name Treaster

The meaning of Treaster

Possibly an altered form of Jewish Treister, avariant of Traister.

Dictionary of American Family Names, 2nd edition, © Oxford University Press, 2022.

How common is the last name Treaster in the United States?

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census data, the surname Treaster has seen a slight increase in popularity from 2000 to 2010. In the year 2000, it ranked as the 27,771st most common surname, and by 2010, it had moved up slightly to the 27,646th spot, a change of 0.45 percent. The count of individuals with this surname also increased by 6.75 percent during this time period, from 815 in 2000 to 870 in 2010. However, when considering the proportion per 100,000 people, there was a slight decrease of -3.33 percent, shifting from 0.3 in 2000 to 0.29 in 2010.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#27,771	#27,646	0.45%
Count	815	870	6.75%
Proportion per 100k	0.3	0.29	-3.33%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Treaster

In terms of ethnic identity, the Decennial U.S. Census revealed some interesting changes between 2000 and 2010 for those carrying the Treaster surname. The majority identified as White, although slightly less so in 2010 (94.25 percent) than in 2000 (95.46 percent), reflecting a small decrease of -1.27 percent. Those identifying as part of two or more races saw a substantial increase of 95.93 percent, moving from 1.23 percent in 2000 to 2.41 percent in 2010. A new emergence in 2010 was within the Hispanic group, which accounted for 1.15 percent of the Treasters, while it hadn't been represented in 2000. The Black population decreased by -23.70 percent, and no Asian/Pacific Islander or American Indian and Alaskan Native identities were reported in either year.

	2000	2010	Change
White	95.46%	94.25%	-1.27%
Two or More Races	1.23%	2.41%	95.93%
Hispanic	0%	1.15%	0%
Black	1.35%	1.03%	-23.7%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0.86%	0%	0%