# Travers (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/travers/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname originating as an occupation.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | occupational, named after the work an ancestor did |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 7,833 |
| US rank (2010) | 4,525 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 39,416 people |
| Change since 2000 | +1.8% (7,698 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

From Anglo-Norman traverser (“to cross”), an occupational name for a toll collector. In Ireland, used as an Anglicization of Irish Ó Treabhair.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Travers in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 83% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 11% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 3.3% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.8% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.2% |
| Two or more races | 1.9% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Travers in the United States, the United Kingdom, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and Australia.

## People named Travers

- Mary Travers, American folk singer (1936–2009)
- Henry Travers, British-American actor
- Peter Travers, American film critic and journalist
- Bill Travers, British activist (1922-1994)
- Luke Travers, Australian basketball player (born 2001)

## Similar surnames

Traverso, Tarver, Traver, Trowbridge, Thurber, Torbert, Treiber, Turrubiartes, Thorburn, Turberville.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.