How common is the surname Tremaine?

1,310 people in the United States had the surname Tremaine in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 235,684 Americans. It ranked 20,299th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Tremaine?

In the 2010 Census, 89% of people named Tremaine identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Tremaine?

Jeff Tremaine, American director and producer, followed by Emily Tremaine.

Where is the surname Tremaine most common?

Wikidata records people named Tremaine in the United States.

Is the surname Tremaine getting more or less common?

More common. 1,280 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,310 in 2010, up 2.3%.

The surname Tremaine

A Cornish surname, carried by 1,310 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex T655

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Tremaine is more common than 87.5% of them.

Origin

Cornish origin

From Cornish tre (“farmstead; town”) + men (“stone”).

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 1,310 people named Tremaine in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 235,684 Americans. That is up 2.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,280.

#20,299

rank among US surnames

1,310

people in 2010

0.4

per 100,000 Americans

+2.3%

change since 2000 (was #19,515)

Who is named Tremaine

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

89% of people named Tremaine identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 3.0% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 89%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.7%
Black (not Hispanic) 3.0%
Asian and Pacific Islander 2.5%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Native American, Multiracial are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Tremaines

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Jeff Tremaine
American director and producer, born 1966
Emily Tremaine
American actress, born 1989

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Variant spellings

Tremayne

Surnames that sound like Tremaine

Tremaine 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 Tremaine come from?: From Cornish tre (“farmstead; town”) + men (“stone”).
How common is the surname Tremaine?: 1,310 people in the United States had the surname Tremaine in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 235,684 Americans. It ranked 20,299th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Tremaine?: In the 2010 Census, 89% of people named Tremaine identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Tremaine?: Jeff Tremaine, American director and producer, followed by Emily Tremaine.
Where is the surname Tremaine most common?: Wikidata records people named Tremaine in the United States.
Is the surname Tremaine getting more or less common?: More common. 1,280 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,310 in 2010, up 2.3%.
What are other spellings of Tremaine?: Tremayne.