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    The surname Tremain

    A Cornish surname, carried by 1,032 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex T655

    Tremain: #24,305 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Tremain #24,305, 1,032 people Tremain: #24,305 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Tremain #24,305, 1,032 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Tremain is more common than 85% of them.

    Origin

    Cornish origin

    A surname from Cornish.

    One of 18 Cornish surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,032 people named Tremain in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 299,172 Americans. That is up 6.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 974.

    #24,305
    rank among US surnames
    1,032
    people in 2010
    0.3
    per 100,000 Americans
    +6%
    change since 2000 (was #24,146)

    Who is named Tremain

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

    94% of people named Tremain identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.2% as two or more races and 1.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 94%
    • Two or more races 2.2%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.2%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 1.0%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Tremain

    Tremain has the Soundex code T655, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code T655.

    Other Cornish surnames

    All 18 Cornish surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Tremain come from?
    Tremain is Cornish in origin.
    How common is the surname Tremain?
    1,032 people in the United States had the surname Tremain in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 299,172 Americans. It ranked 24,305th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Tremain?
    In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Tremain identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.2% as two or more races.
    Is the surname Tremain getting more or less common?
    More common. 974 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,032 in 2010, up 6.0%.