Explore the Family Name Trezise

The meaning of Trezise

Cornish: habitational name from Trezise in the parish of Saint Martin in Meneage or Tresayes in the parish of Roche, both so named from Cornish tre ‘estate, farmstead’ + Seys ‘Englishman’.

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

According to the Decennial U.S. Census data, the popularity of the surname Trezise has slightly decreased from 2000 to 2010. In 2000, it was ranked as the 51,809th most popular surname, but this fell to 54,752nd place in 2010, showing a decline of 5.68%. The number of people with the Trezise surname also fell marginally from 377 in 2000 to 376 in 2010. This represents a slight decrease in proportion per 100k people, from 0.14 to 0.13, indicating a decline of 7.14%.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#51,809	#54,752	-5.68%
Count	377	376	-0.27%
Proportion per 100k	0.14	0.13	-7.14%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Trezise

In terms of ethnic identity, the Decennial U.S. Census data shows that the vast majority of individuals with the Trezise surname identified as White in both 2000 and 2010, at about 97% each year. The percentage of those identifying as White increased slightly from 97.35% to 97.61%. The census recorded no individuals with the Trezise surname identifying as Asian/Pacific Islander, Black, or American Indian and Alaskan Native in either year. However, there was a small emergence of Hispanic identification among those with the Trezise surname in 2010, where none had been recorded in 2000. Additionally, the data shows that the number of individuals identifying as two or more races dropped from 1.86% in 2000 to zero in 2010.

	2000	2010	Change
White	97.35%	97.61%	0.27%
Hispanic	0%	1.33%	0%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
Two or More Races	1.86%	0%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%