The Treglia surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 517 people carried this name — #42,030 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 555,600 people counted. That is down 1% from 521 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Treglia surname
A surname transferred from the nickname.
From treglia, Southern Italian variant of triglia (“mullet, goatfish”), probably a nickname.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Treglia» (Italian), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 115 people named Treglia.
7 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 5 départements, most often Bouches-du-Rhône.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 87 people named Treglia live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Buenos Aires Province.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
31 people named Treglia live in Switzerland.
They live in 5 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Vaud.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
Who carried it
People named Treglia,
with a public archive behind them.
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Mary Treglia 1897–1959 · social worker
Wikidata (CC0).
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Treglia.
- Traversa 202 · U.S. census
- Traverse 560 · U.S. census
- Traverso 1,216 · U.S. census
- Traves 128 · U.S. census
- Trebes 123 · U.S. census
- Treger 209 · U.S. census
- Treiber 1,342 · U.S. census
- Trela 564 · U.S. census
- Tremblay 7,996 · U.S. census
- Tremble 1,241 · U.S. census
- Trembley 1,134 · U.S. census
- Tremel 373 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Treglia is.
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