Travis
33,156 people in the United States were counted with the surname Travis in the 2020 census, making it the 1,041st most common in the country. That is about one person in 9,015.
By the numbers
- People
- 33,156
- Rank
- 1,041st
- How common
- 1 in 9,015
- Per 100,000
- 11.1
Where the name comes from
Origin an occupational name
From an Old French word meaning "to cross over, " related to traverse. Probably a name for a gatekeeper or the toll collector of a bridge.
Etymology from Wiktionary, used under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Who bears the name
How people with the surname Travis described their own race and Hispanic origin at the 2020 census:
Notable people called Travis
- Nancy Travis (born 1961)American actress
- Scott Travis (born 1961)American drummer
- Randy Travis (born 1959)American country singer
- William B. Travis (1809–1836)Alamo commander and defender
- Doris Eaton Travis (1904–2010)American singer, dancer, actress, rancher
- Merle Travis (1917–1983)American country/Western singer-songwriter and musician
- Stacey Travis (born 1966)American actress
- June Travis (1914–2008)American actress
People named Travis with articles in the most Wikipedia languages. Data from Wikidata (CC0).
Surnames like Travis
Also a first name
Travis has been given to 310,687 American babies as a first name since 1880, peaking in 1989. See it as a given name.
Try it on yourself
Source: US Census Bureau, Frequently Occurring Surnames, 2020. The Census describes the file as the surnames borne by 100 or more people; rarer names are not published. The line is not quite exact, and 617 published names come in under it, the smallest at 92 people. Race and Hispanic origin are self-reported. Rates are worked out against the 298.9 million people the file's own figures are calculated on, which is fewer than the census counted in all: the difference is everyone whose surname was too rare to publish.