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UK surname

Trist

In the 1881 census there were 229 people recorded with the Trist surname, ranking it #11,784 among surnames in the records. By 2016, the modern count was 120, ranked #27,563, down from #11,784 in 1881.

The strongest historical links point to Dartmorth St Petrox, Dartmouth St Saviour, Townstall, Ashprington, Halwell, Blackawton, Stoke Flemin, Tormoham with Torquay and London parishes. In the modern distribution records, the strongest local clusters include Teignbridge, Exeter and North East Lincolnshire.

Across the surname records, the highest recorded count for Trist is 238 in 1911. Compared with 1881, the name has fallen by 47.6%.

1881 census count

229

Ranked #11,784

Modern count

120

2016, ranked #27,563

Peak year

1911

238 bearers

Map years

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1851 to 2016

Key insights

  • Trist had 229 recorded bearers in 1881, making it the #11,784 surname in that year.
  • The latest modern count shown here is 120 in 2016, ranked #27,563.
  • Within the historical census years, the highest count was 238 in 1911.
  • The contemporary neighbourhood profile most associated with the surname is Spacious Rural Living.

Trist surname distribution map

The map shows where the Trist surname is concentrated in each census or modern distribution year. Darker areas mean a stronger local concentration.

Distribution map

Trist surname density by area, 1881 census.

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Timeline

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Trist over time

The table below tracks recorded surname counts and rank from the 19th-century census years through the modern adult-register period.

Year Period Count Rank
1851 historical 217 #9,784
1861 historical 159 #14,553
1881 historical 229 #11,784
1891 historical 219 #13,974
1901 historical 208 #14,760
1911 historical 238 #13,356
1997 modern 133 #22,705
1998 modern 139 #22,720
1999 modern 129 #23,907
2000 modern 130 #23,785
2001 modern 126 #23,883
2002 modern 130 #23,903
2003 modern 131 #23,553
2004 modern 130 #23,902
2005 modern 132 #23,623
2006 modern 128 #24,267
2007 modern 124 #25,086
2008 modern 127 #25,020
2009 modern 129 #25,314
2010 modern 127 #26,176
2011 modern 128 #25,793
2012 modern 122 #26,696
2013 modern 124 #26,842
2014 modern 124 #27,049
2015 modern 124 #26,944
2016 modern 120 #27,563

Geography

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Where Trists are most common

Historical parish links are strongest around Dartmorth St Petrox, Dartmouth St Saviour, Townstall, Ashprington, Halwell, Blackawton, Stoke Flemin, Tormoham with Torquay, London parishes and Kingsbridge. These are the places where the surname stands out most clearly in the older records.

The modern local-area list points to Teignbridge, Exeter, North East Lincolnshire, Cornwall and Leicester. Treat these as concentration signals, not proof that every family line began there.

Some modern areas include a three-digit suffix, such as Leeds 110. The suffix is a small-area code, so it stays in the table while the prose uses the plain place name.

Top historical parishes

Rank Parish Area
1 Dartmorth St Petrox, Dartmouth St Saviour, Townstall, Ashprington, Halwell, Blackawton, Stoke Flemin Devon
2 Tormoham with Torquay Devon
3 London parishes London 1
4 London parishes London 3
5 Kingsbridge Devon

Top modern areas

Rank Area District
1 Teignbridge 009 Teignbridge
2 Exeter 013 Exeter
3 North East Lincolnshire 008 North East Lincolnshire
4 Cornwall 042 Cornwall
5 Leicester 004 Leicester

Forenames

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First names often paired with Trist

These lists show first names that appear often with the Trist surname in historical and recent records.

Modern profile

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Neighbourhood profile for Trist

Modern surname records can be compared with neighbourhood classifications. For Trist, this points to the kinds of places where the surname is most concentrated today.

These neighbourhood labels describe areas, not individual people. They are useful because surnames often cluster through family history, migration, housing patterns and local work. A surname can be strongest in one type of neighbourhood even when people with that name live across the country.

The UK classification gives the national picture. The London classification is more specific to the capital, where housing, age profile, tenure and population mix can look quite different from the rest of the UK.

UK neighbourhood type

UK Output Area Classification

Supergroup

Retired Professionals

Group

Spacious Rural Living

Nationally, the Trist surname is most associated with neighbourhoods classed as Spacious Rural Living, within Retired Professionals. This does not mean every Trist household fits that profile, but it gives a useful signal about where the modern surname distribution is strongest.

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Group profile

These predominantly ageing households typically have no resident dependent children. Most are owner-occupiers and live in detached houses in low density residential developments (although renting is more common than in the rest of the Supergroup). White ethnicity predominates. Residents are typically beyond retirement age but those still in work have managerial, professional or skilled trade occupations. White ethnicity and Christian religious affiliation predominate. Neighbourhoods are located throughout rural UK.

Wider pattern

Typically married but no longer with resident dependent children, these well-educated households either remain working in their managerial, professional, administrative or other skilled occupations, or are retired from them – the modal individual age is beyond normal retirement age. Underoccupied detached and semi-detached properties predominate, and unpaid care is more prevalent than reported disability. The prevalence of this Supergroup outside most urban conurbations indicates that rural lifestyles prevail, typically sustained by using two or more cars per household.

London neighbourhood type

London Output Area Classification

Supergroup

The Greater London Mix

Group

Social Rented Sector Professional Support Workers

Within London, Trist is most associated with areas classed as Social Rented Sector Professional Support Workers, part of The Greater London Mix. This gives the surname a London-specific profile rather than forcing the capital into the same pattern as the rest of the country.

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Group profile

Mainly located in Inner London, these neighbourhoods retain a diverse employment structure, with some concentration in associated professional and technical occupations rather than skilled trades or construction. Social renting is more common and levels of homeownership are low. Many residents identify as Black. There is a lower than average rate of marriage or civil partnership, few that are very old (85 or over) and higher than average incidence of disability.

Wider London pattern

A Supergroup embodying London's diversity in many respects, apart from low numbers of residents identifying as of Bangladeshi, Indian, Pakistani or Other (non-Chinese) Asian ethnicity. There is lower than average prevalence of families with dependent children, while there are above average occurrences of never-married individuals and single-person households. The age distribution is skewed towards younger, single residents and couples without children, with many individuals identifying as of mixed or multiple ethnicity. Social rented or private rented housing is slightly more prevalent than average, and many residents live in flats. Individuals typically work in professional and associated roles in public administration, education or health rather than in elementary occupations in agriculture, energy, water, construction or manufacturing. Incidence of students is slightly below average. Individuals declaring no religion are more prevalent than average and non-use of English at home is below average.

Healthy neighbourhoods

Access to healthy assets and hazards

Trist is most concentrated in decile 6 for access to healthy assets and hazards. This places the surname near the middle of the scale.

Lower deciles point towards weaker access to healthy assets or stronger exposure to local hazards. Higher deciles point towards stronger access and fewer hazards.

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Lower access Higher access

Neighbourhood deprivation

Index of Multiple Deprivation

Trist falls in decile 9 for neighbourhood deprivation. This puts the surname towards the less deprived end of the index.

Decile 1 represents the more deprived end of the scale. Decile 10 represents the less deprived end.

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More deprived Less deprived

Broadband speed

Fixed broadband download speed

The modern neighbourhood pattern for Trist is most associated with a typical fixed broadband download band of 30-40 mbit/s.

The scale below places that band in context, from slower local download bands through to faster ones.

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Area snapshot

Ethnic group estimate

Most common ethnic group estimate
White - British

This describes the area pattern most associated with Trist, not the ethnicity of every person with the surname.

1881 census detail

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Trist families in the 1881 census

These tables use 1881 census entries for people recorded with the Trist surname. Use the location tables for concentration, then the name and occupation tables for the people behind the surname.

Top counties

Total is the county count. Frequency and index adjust for local population size, so they are better concentration signals. Devon leads with 121 Trists recorded in 1881 and an index of 24.93x.

County Total Index
Devon 121 24.93x
Middlesex 25 1.07x
Sussex 15 3.82x
Kent 14 1.76x
Lancashire 9 0.33x
Channel Islands 8 11.58x
Glamorgan 8 1.97x
Hampshire 7 1.46x
Suffolk 6 2.11x
Cornwall 5 1.89x
Midlothian 5 1.60x
Durham 4 0.58x
Somerset 3 0.80x
Surrey 3 0.26x
Pembrokeshire 2 2.70x
Royal Navy 2 7.20x
Hertfordshire 1 0.62x
Renfrewshire 1 0.55x

Top districts and towns

Districts give a more local view than counties. Total shows raw records, while frequency and index show local concentration. Tormoham in Devon leads with 21 Trists recorded in 1881 and an index of 102.29x.

Place Total Index
Tormoham 21 102.29x
Stoke Damerel 16 47.11x
Plymouth St Andrew 15 40.13x
Brighton 10 12.61x
Brixham 10 177.94x
Buckfastleigh 10 446.43x
St Peter Port 8 62.60x
Cardiff St Mary 7 31.31x
Exeter Allhallows On The 7 875.00x
Kingsbridge 7 573.77x
Manchester 7 5.63x
Paddington London 7 8.17x
Kersey 6 1500.00x
South Stoneham 6 57.86x
Dartmouth St Saviour 5 359.71x
Hammersmith London 5 8.71x
Harberton 5 450.45x
Lee 5 43.29x
Penicuik 5 117.92x
Westminster St John 5 17.61x
Hartlepool 4 40.57x
St Austell 4 44.35x
Woolwich 4 13.61x
Barnstaple 3 39.37x
Hove 3 17.39x
Ugborough 3 256.41x
West Alvington 3 441.18x
Dartmouth St Savior 2 344.83x
Dartmouth Townstall 2 101.01x
Erith 2 25.51x
Ermington 2 112.99x
Kirkdale 2 4.30x
Lewisham 2 4.72x
Pitminster 2 181.82x
Royal Navy 2 8.42x
Steynton 2 83.68x
Stoke Newington London 2 11.01x
Bedminster 1 2.84x
Brampford Speke 1 256.41x
Bromley London 1 1.95x
Camberwell 1 0.67x
Cardiff St John 1 7.54x
Darenth 1 81.30x
East Budleigh 1 43.67x
East Teignmouth 1 50.25x
Exeter Holy Trinity 1 52.63x
Exeter St David 1 24.10x
Exeter St Edmund 1 95.24x
Greenock Oldor West 1 204.08x
Hailsham 1 42.02x
Lambeth 1 0.49x
Maker 1 40.98x
Mile End Old Town 1 2.72x
Modbury 1 80.65x
Newhaven 1 31.35x
North Huish 1 344.83x
Poplar London 1 2.27x
Portsmouth 1 9.09x
Putney 1 9.41x
Ratcliffe London 1 7.77x
St George Hanover 1 3.29x
St Pancras London 1 0.53x
Tavistock 1 18.08x
Uplyme 1 136.99x
Watford 1 8.03x

Top female names

These are the female first names most often recorded with the Trist surname in 1881. Names are not merged, so initials, variant spellings and transcription quirks can appear as separate rows.

Name Count
Mary 18
Ellen 8
Jane 5
Clara 4
Edith 4
Elizabeth 4
Louisa 4
Sarah 4
Ann 3
Emma 3
Florence 3
Maud 3
Alice 2
Amelia 2
Daisy 2
Eliza 2
Emily 2
Harriet 2
Jessie 2
Matilda 2
Susan 2
Anna 1
Annette 1
Annie 1
Caroline 1
Catherine 1
Charlotte 1
Elize 1
Elizth. 1
Elsie 1
Fanny 1
Flora 1
Frances 1
Henrietta 1
Isabel 1
Isabella 1
Jemmia 1
Julia 1
Kate 1
Katherine 1
Keturah 1
L. 1
L.C. 1
Laura 1
Lavnia 1
Lily 1
Linda 1
M.J. 1
Mabel 1
Tryphena 1

Top male names

These are the male first names most often recorded with the Trist surname in 1881. Names are not merged, so initials, variant spellings and transcription quirks can appear as separate rows.

Name Count
John 14
George 10
William 8
Thomas 7
Henry 6
Charles 4
Frederick 4
Robert 4
Edmund 3
Richard 3
Samuel 3
Alfred 2
Arthur 2
Francis 2
Fredrick 2
James 2
Joseph 2
Sidney 2
Stephen 2
Allan 1
Allen 1
Arnold 1
Cornish 1
Frank 1
Fred 1
Fredc 1
H.J. 1
Herbert 1
Horebrowse 1
Hy. 1
Jeremiah 1
Jno 1
Parley 1
Pendarves 1
Percival 1
Percy 1
Richd.T. 1
Robt.Wm. 1
Sydney 1
Walter 1
Willim 1
Willm. 1
Wm. 1
Wm.Hy. 1

FAQ

Trist surname: questions and answers

How common was the Trist surname in 1881?

In 1881, 229 people were recorded with the Trist surname. That placed it at #11,784 in the surname rankings for that year.

How common is the Trist surname today?

The latest modern count shown here is 120 in 2016. That gives Trist a modern rank of #27,563.

What does the Trist map show?

The map shows local surname concentration for the selected year. Darker areas have a stronger concentration of Trist bearers relative to the surrounding population.

What records is this surname page based on?

The historical counts come from census surname records. The modern counts and neighbourhood summaries come from later surname distribution records. Counts are recorded bearers in those records, not a live estimate of everyone with the name today.