Travers is used as a family name or surname in Ireland. It is 7 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Travers
No. of characters: 7
Origin: Ireland
Meaning: Met especially in the Channel. Seems to denote one who lived through with a (cross-road in the Middle Ages).

How popular is Travers?

Travers is common in Ireland.

Travers is ranked 19260 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Travers bearers increased by 1.753702 per cent in 2010 US census to 7833 since 2000, the surname slipped by 267 spots and ranked at 4525. The last name was found in around 27 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 83.07 85.28
Black 10.69 10.76
Hispanic or Latino 3.32 1.92
Others 1.86 1.31
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.82 0.52
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.24 0.21
Travers is quite popular family name mostly used in United States while Guernsey is ahead in terms of density. Around 27048 people have been found who wears Travers as their family name. Travers is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
275,830 Ukraine8
567,967 Indonesia6
11,480 Japan4
114,007 Czech Republic4
70,383 Tanzania3
14,054 China3
33,202 Saudi Arabia2
31,767 Greece2
10,183 Jordan2
1,235 Belize2
40,064 Nigeria2
139,444 Brazil2
13,552 Qatar2
54,135 Philippines2
1,347 Liberia2
883 Macau2
1,500,361 India2
1,834 Malta2
5,936 Bahrain2
1,169 New Caledonia2
15,162 Costa Rica1
7,198 Maldives1
90,903 Moldova1
34,581 Chile1
30,360 Thailand1
13,606 Senegal1
37,493 Austria1
31,584 Peru1
101,414 Kyrgyzstan1
77,122 Sweden1
1,970 Grenada1
40,340 Malaysia1
199,150 Kazakhstan1
6,212 Jamaica1
5,872 Namibia1
2,057 Isle of Man1
9,498 Iceland1
17,768 Pakistan1
9,591 Panama1
2,057 Myanmar1
17,236 Ghana1
2,232 French Polynesia1
7,292 Vietnam1
113 Falkland Islands1
11,486 Estonia1
48,575 Azerbaijan1
24,771 Colombia1
1,819 Laos1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
4,813 Hong Kong47
20,318 United Arab Emirates46
44,472 Spain46
304 Jersey44
318 Guernsey30
57,220 Netherlands27
464 Cayman Islands15
29,040 Denmark15
406,964 Russia14
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
11,610 Switzerland99
67,110 Italy90
1,768 Nicaragua72
24,622 Zimbabwe59
5,773 Singapore53
Countries with hundreds of Travers:
1,112 Scotland709
10,268 South Africa621
1,784 New Zealand421
38,477 Germany269
1,833 Uruguay257
22,208 Argentina239
2,197 Wales181
1,576 Northern Ireland167
11,191 Belgium163
23,602 Mexico131
Countries with thousands of Travers:
4,028 United States9,926
1,576 France4,311
1,935 England4,135
1,389 Australia2,276
3,553 Canada1,311
628 Ireland1,190
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Mary Travers was 20 years old when she migrated to USA during Irish famine on September 30, 1848. She lived in Roscommon, Ireland where she worked as spinster and took David Cannon from Liverpool. 40 years old John Travers, Ann Travers, aged 35, Catherine Travers, 2 years old Ann Travers, 21 years old Catherine Travers, John Travers, aged 24, Anthony Travers, aged 26, Edw. Travers, aged 30, and 52 other Travers around 46.51% of whom were workman while others worked as servant and farmer migrated to US from Liverpool, Londonderry and Dublin.

From Italy

29 years old laborer Giacomo Travers who was residing in Pronolo, Italy migrated to San Francisco on November 13, 1899 by La Gascogne put out from Havre.

Comments

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Edra Shiba
The first holders of this surname were probably originate in a place called through the house on a side road, name of an old house from the early centuries AD, became hereditary surname from the late twelfth century note the other direction of former French through: work, shoe machine, hence opportunities for blacksmiths nicknames.

Travers Namesakes

    Peter Travers, American film critic and journalist, who has written for People and Rolling Stone
  • Tony Travers, Journalist
  • Mary Travers, Singer-songwriter
  • P. L. Travers, Novelist
  • Allan Travers, Baseball player
  • William R. Travers, Lawyer
  • Anahì Traversi, Actress
  • Anita Traversi, Singer
  • Anne Marie La Traverse, Television producer
  • Camillo Antona Traversi, Writer
  • Roy Travers, Actor
  • Nicole Travers portrayed minor role of Emily in 2018 drama movie Reflections.
  • In 2017 thriller movie, Urban Traffik, Darren Travers portrayed Tommy Byrne.
  • David Travers played small role of Mitch in 2008 comedy movie Upstate.

Travers Namesakes

    Peter Travers, American film critic and journalist, who has written for People and Rolling Stone
  • Tony Travers, Journalist
  • Mary Travers, Singer-songwriter
  • P. L. Travers, Novelist
  • Allan Travers, Baseball player
  • William R. Travers, Lawyer
  • Anahì Traversi, Actress
  • Anita Traversi, Singer
  • Anne Marie La Traverse, Television producer
  • Camillo Antona Traversi, Writer
  • Roy Travers, Actor
  • Nicole Travers portrayed minor role of Emily in 2018 drama movie Reflections.
  • In 2017 thriller movie, Urban Traffik, Darren Travers portrayed Tommy Byrne.
  • David Travers played small role of Mitch in 2008 comedy movie Upstate.

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