Trevena
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Cornish Tre war Venydh, meaning "village on a mountain".
Proper noun
Trevena (countable and uncountable, plural Trevenas)
- Former name of Tintagel. (until the middle of the 19th century)
- A habitational surname from Cornish.
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Trevena is the 60196th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 335 individuals. Trevena is most common among White (92.24%) individuals.
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Trevena”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.
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