Explore the Family Name Trevor

The meaning of Trevor

1. Welsh and English: habitational name from any of numerous places in Wales, in particular the one near Denbigh, so named from Welsh tre(f) ‘homestead, settlement’ + a mutated form of mawr ‘large’. 2. Irish (Dublin and Down): variant of Trower. 3. In some cases also Jewish: adoption of the name in 1 above in place of Trotzky (see Trocki).

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

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census, the surname Trevor has seen a decrease in popularity between 2000 and 2010. Previously ranked at 30,383 in 2000, it experienced a drop of 8.28% to reach a rank of 32,900 in 2010. The number of individuals carrying this name also declined by almost 4%, from 726 to 697. Accordingly, the proportion of people with this surname per 100,000 population decreased by 11.11% from 0.27 to 0.24.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#30,383	#32,900	-8.28%
Count	726	697	-3.99%
Proportion per 100k	0.27	0.24	-11.11%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Trevor

In terms of ethnicity, the data from the Decennial U.S. Census indicates that the majority of individuals with the Trevor surname identify as White, with an increase of 2.41% from 89.39% in 2000 to 91.54% in 2010. The proportion identifying as Black saw a slight increase of 4.15% over the decade to reach 4.02%. However, those reporting two or more ethnicities dropped significantly by 52.27% from 3.31% to 1.58%. The proportion of Hispanics also fell by 26.50% from 2.34% to 1.72%. Meanwhile, no individuals reported Asian/Pacific Islander or American Indian and Alaskan Native as their ethnic identity in either year.

	2000	2010	Change
White	89.39%	91.54%	2.41%
Black	3.86%	4.02%	4.15%
Hispanic	2.34%	1.72%	-26.5%
Two or More Races	3.31%	1.58%	-52.27%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%