How common is the surname Train?

823 people in the United States had the surname Train in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 375,146 Americans. It ranked 28,883rd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Train?

In the 2010 Census, 81% of people named Train identified as white (not Hispanic), and 9.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Train?

Russell E. Train, Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (1920–2012), followed by Adeline Dutton Train Whitney.

Where is the surname Train most common?

Wikidata records people named Train in the United States.

Is the surname Train getting more or less common?

More common. 819 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 823 in 2010, up 0.5%.

The surname Train

An English surname, carried by 823 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex T650

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Train is more common than 82.2% of them.

Origin

English origin

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

One of 1,446 English surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 823 people named Train in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 375,146 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 819.

#28,883

rank among US surnames

823

people in 2010

0.3

per 100,000 Americans

+0.5%

change since 2000 (was #27,669)

Who is named Train

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

81% of people named Train identified as white (not Hispanic), 9.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 7.7% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

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

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Trains

3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

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)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Train

Train has the Soundex code T650, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code T650.

Other English surnames

All 1,446 English surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Train come from?: As an English surname, from the noun train (“hunter's trap, snare”). Also from the Middle English phrase atte trewen (“at the trees”).
How common is the surname Train?: 823 people in the United States had the surname Train in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 375,146 Americans. It ranked 28,883rd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Train?: In the 2010 Census, 81% of people named Train identified as white (not Hispanic), and 9.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Train?: Russell E. Train, Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (1920–2012), followed by Adeline Dutton Train Whitney.
Where is the surname Train most common?: Wikidata records people named Train in the United States.
Is the surname Train getting more or less common?: More common. 819 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 823 in 2010, up 0.5%.