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Tregenza Family History

Tregenza Surname Meaning

From a lost place called Tregenza recorded as Tregensith in 1327 in the vicinity of Higher Tregonjohn Farm in Creed (Cornwall) around OS grid reference SW 941476.

The place-name is from Cornish tre ‘estate farmstead’ + probably an unrecorded Old Cornish personal name *Kensyth with mutation of k to g after the feminine word tre.

The earliest spellings of the place-name and the surname preclude derivation from Cornish kensa ‘first foremost’.

Source: The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland, 2016


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You can see how Tregenza families moved over time by selecting different census years. The Tregenza family name was found in the USA, the UK, Canada, and Scotland between 1880 and 1920. The most Tregenza families were found in United Kingdom in 1891. In 1891 there were 133 Tregenza families living in Cornwall. This was about 72% of all the recorded Tregenza's in United Kingdom. Cornwall had the highest population of Tregenza families in 1891.
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What did your Tregenza ancestors do for a living?

In 1939, Market Gardener Own Account and Unpaid Domestic Duties were the top reported jobs for men and women in the United Kingdom named Tregenza. 25% of Tregenza men worked as a Market Gardener Own Account and 89% of Tregenza women worked as an Unpaid Domestic Duties. Some less common occupations for Americans named Tregenza were Schoolmaster and Unpaid Domestic.

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*We display top occupations by gender to maintain their historical accuracy during times when men and women often performed different jobs.

Top Male Occupations In 1939

  • Market Gardener Own Account
    25%
  • Teacher
    25%
  • Fish Merchant
    25%
  • Schoolmaster
    25%

Top Female Occupations In 1939

  • Unpaid Domestic Duties
    89%
  • Incapacitated
    8%
  • Unpaid Domestic
    5%

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Passenger Lists

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There are 291 military records available for the last name Tregenza. For the veterans among your Tregenza ancestors, military collections provide insights into where and when they served, and even physical descriptions.

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What is the average Tregenza lifespan?

Between 1963 and 2004, in the United States, Tregenza life expectancy was at its lowest point in 1998, and highest in 2004. The average life expectancy for Tregenza in 1963 was 70, and 95 in 2004.

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