How common is the surname Travers?

7,833 people in the United States had the surname Travers in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 39,416 Americans. It ranked 4,525th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Travers?

Mary Travers, American folk singer (1936–2009), followed by Henry Travers.

Where is the surname Travers most common?

Wikidata records people named Travers in the United States, the United Kingdom and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and 1 other country.

Is the surname Travers getting more or less common?

More common. 7,698 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 7,833 in 2010, up 1.8%.

The surname Travers

An occupational surname, carried by 7,833 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex T616

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Travers is more common than 97.2% of them.

Origin

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

Travers is an occupational surname: named after the work an ancestor did.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 7,833 people named Travers in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 39,416 Americans. That is up 1.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 7,698.

#4,525

rank among US surnames

7,833

people in 2010

2.7

per 100,000 Americans

+1.8%

change since 2000 (was #4,258)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#4,517	Volpe	7,847	39,346
#4,518	Conlon	7,845	39,356
#4,519	Servin	7,842	39,371
#4,521	Mertz	7,841	39,376
#4,522	Stephan	7,840	39,381
#4,523	Flora	7,837	39,396
#4,524	Unruh	7,835	39,406

Who is named Travers

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

83% of people named Travers identified as white (not Hispanic), 11% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

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

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Traverss

5 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Mary Travers
American folk singer (1936–2009)
Henry Travers
British-American actor, 1874–1965
Peter Travers
American film critic and journalist, born 1943
Bill Travers
British activist (1922-1994)
Luke Travers
Australian basketball player (born 2001)

Notable Traverss come mostly from the United States (2), the United Kingdom (1) and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Travers

Travers has the Soundex code T616, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code T616.

Questions

Where does the surname Travers come from?: From Anglo-Norman traverser (“to cross”), an occupational name for a toll collector. In Ireland, used as an Anglicization of Irish Ó Treabhair.
How common is the surname Travers?: 7,833 people in the United States had the surname Travers in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 39,416 Americans. It ranked 4,525th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Travers?: In the 2010 Census, 83% of people named Travers identified as white (not Hispanic), and 11% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Travers?: Mary Travers, American folk singer (1936–2009), followed by Henry Travers.
Where is the surname Travers most common?: Wikidata records people named Travers in the United States, the United Kingdom and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and 1 other country.
What type of surname is Travers?: Travers is an occupational surname, named after the work an ancestor did.
Is the surname Travers getting more or less common?: More common. 7,698 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 7,833 in 2010, up 1.8%.