# Treen (surname)

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

A habitational surname from Cornish.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Cornish |
| Type | place, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 586 |
| US rank (2010) | 37,899 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 526,870 people |
| Change since 2000 | -3.9% (610 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | Treon |

## Etymology

Anglicized form of Cornish Tredhin, a placename composed of the elements tre (“farmstead”) and din (“fort”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Treen 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) | 95% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.9% |
| Two or more races | 1.4% |

## Similar surnames

Tran, Therrien, Thorne, Trinh, Trahan, Tierney, Thorn, Teran, Turney, Tryon, Tarin, Triana.

## 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.