# Train (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/train/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | English |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 823 |
| US rank (2010) | 28,883 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 375,146 people |
| Change since 2000 | +0.5% (819 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

As an English surname, from the noun train (“hunter's trap, snare”). Also from the Middle English phrase atte trewen (“at the trees”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Train in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 81% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 9.4% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 7.7% |
| Two or more races | 1.5% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Train in the United States.

## People named Train

- Russell E. Train, Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (1920–2012)
- Adeline Dutton Train Whitney, American author (1824–1906)
- George Francis Train, American businessman (1829–1904)

## Similar surnames

Tran, Teran, Tarin, Triana, Troiano, Traina, Turano, Torain, Turin, Trinh, Trahan, Trim.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.