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Travers
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Origin Of The Surname Travers
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Meaning Of The Surname Travers
Crossing Tax Collector
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Interesting
Facts About
Travers
Travers is a surname of ultimately French origins, and would have been brought to Britain by invading Normans. It comes from the Old French ‘travers’ which was a verb meaning to cross land. At marker crossing points such as boundaries between towns, it was common for a tax to be paid. This surname would have been given as an occupational surname for the person responsible for staying at these crosses and collecting the taxes. |
Travers Statistics
Travers is the number 999 ranked surname in the United Kingdom.
According to our statistics around 9,831 share the surname Travers in the UK.
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