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, 21st February 2025, following the arrival of MFV Edinburgh
  Tristan Resident Family Totals

There are 233 Tristan da Cunha Islanders.

Presently, 34 Resident Islanders are overseas.

There are an additional 34 people living on the island, including expatriate workers and their families and visitors.

So there are 233 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 16 16 32
Green 30 29 59
Hagan 2 5 7
Lavarello 5 6 11
Repetto 16 18 34
Rogers 12 12 24
Squibb 2 2 4
Swain 26 33 59
Total 111 122 233
Population figures are maintained by Cynthia Green.