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    The surname Trail

    A surname, carried by 4,101 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex T640

    Trail: #8,084 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Trail #8,084, 4,101 people Trail: #8,084 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Trail #8,084, 4,101 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Trail is more common than 95% of them.

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 4,101 people named Trail in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 75,285 Americans. That is up 13% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,637.

    #8,084
    rank among US surnames
    4,101
    people in 2010
    1.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +12.8%
    change since 2000 (was #8,362)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #8,076Lovely4,10475,230
    #8,080Carraway4,10375,249
    #8,082Villavicencio4,10275,267
    #8,084Trail4,10175,285
    #8,087Debord4,10075,304
    #8,089Medford4,09975,322
    #8,091Holstein4,09875,341

    Who is named Trail

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

    88% of people named Trail identified as white (not Hispanic), 6.7% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 88%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 6.7%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
    • Two or more races 2.0%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.8%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Trails

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Armitage Trail
      American crime writer (1902–1930)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Trail

    Trail has the Soundex code T640, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code T640.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Trail?
    4,101 people in the United States had the surname Trail in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 75,285 Americans. It ranked 8,084th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Trail?
    In the 2010 Census, 88% of people named Trail identified as white (not Hispanic), and 6.7% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Trail?
    Armitage Trail, American crime writer (1902–1930).
    Where is the surname Trail most common?
    Wikidata records people named Trail in the United States.
    Is the surname Trail getting more or less common?
    More common. 3,637 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,101 in 2010, up 13%.