The main local family names on Tristan are Glass, Green, Hagan, Lavarello, Repetto, Rogers, and Swain, recently joined by Collins and Squibb.

Family News

Tristan Family News Section
Links to other Family News Pages
with Births, Marriages, Deaths and significant Birthdays (shown on separate pages from 2013)
Families may send their news and pictures to newseditor@tristandc.com for the website and for possible inclusion in the newsletter.

Population Update, 9th October 2025, following the departure of SA Agulhas II
  Tristan Resident Family Totals

There are 226 Tristan da Cunha Islanders.

Presently, 20 Resident Islanders are overseas.

There are an additional 22 people living on the island, including expatriate workers and their families and visitors.

So there are 228 people currently living on Tristan da Cunha or visiting the surrounding islands.

Occasionally there are changes to the resident islander total as people re-gain or lose residency status.
Surname Male Female Total
Bredell 1 0 1
Collins 0 1 1
Gerber 1 0 1
Glass 15 16 31
Green 30 28 58
Hagan 2 5 7
Lavarello 5 5 10
Repetto 14 18 32
Rogers 12 12 24
Squibb 2 2 4
Swain 26 31 57
Total 108 118 226
Population figures are maintained by Cynthia Green.