Tree
English
Etymology 1
Topographic surname for someone who lived near a conspicuous tree.
Proper noun
Tree (plural Trees)
- A surname.
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Tree is the 35057th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 643 individuals. Tree is most common among White (74.34%) and American Indian/Alaska Native (12.6%) individuals.
Etymology 2
Noun
Tree (uncountable)
- (mathematics) Alternative letter-case form of TREE.
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Tree”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.