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    The surname Trafton

    A surname, carried by 1,467 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex T613

    Trafton: #18,724 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Trafton #18,724, 1,467 people Trafton: #18,724 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Trafton #18,724, 1,467 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Trafton is more common than 88.5% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,467 people named Trafton in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 210,460 Americans. That is up 3.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,420.

    #18,724
    rank among US surnames
    1,467
    people in 2010
    0.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    +3.3%
    change since 2000 (was #18,101)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #18,715Larrea1,468210,317
    #18,724Clyne1,467210,460
    #18,729Woodmansee1,466210,604

    Who is named Trafton

    Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

    85% of people named Trafton identified as white (not Hispanic), 10% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 85%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 10%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.6%
    • Two or more races 1.4%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Trafton

    Trafton has the Soundex code T613, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code T613.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Trafton?
    1,467 people in the United States had the surname Trafton in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 210,460 Americans. It ranked 18,724th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Trafton?
    In the 2010 Census, 85% of people named Trafton identified as white (not Hispanic), and 10% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Trafton getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,420 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,467 in 2010, up 3.3%.