Tristan Family History
Tristan Name Meaning
Spanish (Tristán): from the popular medieval personal
name Tristán, derived from a British Celtic legend which
became incorporated into the Arthurian cycle as the story of Tristan
and Iseult. The name is of unknown derivation. It was transmitted
through Old French and became associated by folk etymology with Latin
tristis ‘sad’. DK, HHfn, RW.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Name Distribution of Tristan Families
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United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Tristan families
 9 - 15  4 - 8 |
 1 - 3  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Tristan families
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8 - 14 3 - 7 |
1 - 2 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
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from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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Tristan Family Origin
Tristan Immigration Information
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Average Life Expectancy for Tristan
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Tristan Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
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