How common is the surname Trainor?

6,816 people in the United States had the surname Trainor in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 45,297 Americans. It ranked 5,136th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Trainor?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Trainor identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Trainor?

Meghan Trainor, American singer-songwriter (born 1993), followed by Jerry Trainor.

Where is the surname Trainor most common?

Wikidata records people named Trainor in the United States.

Is the surname Trainor getting more or less common?

More common. 6,719 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,816 in 2010, up 1.4%.

The surname Trainor

An Irish patronymic surname, carried by 6,816 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex T656

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Trainor is more common than 96.8% of them.

Origin

Irish origin

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Mac Thréinfhir (“son of Thréinfhear”) a personal name composed of the elements tréan (“strong”) + fear (“man”). Compare Cranor.

Trainor is a patronymic surname: formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.

One of 880 Irish surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 6,816 people named Trainor in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 45,297 Americans. That is up 1.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 6,719.

#5,136

rank among US surnames

6,816

people in 2010

2.3

per 100,000 Americans

+1.4%

change since 2000 (was #4,804)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#5,130	Justus	6,821	45,264
#5,131	Tyner	6,819	45,277
#5,133	Denis	6,818	45,284
#5,136	Trainor	6,816	45,297

Who is named Trainor

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

94% of people named Trainor identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.0% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
Black (not Hispanic) 2.0%
Two or more races 1.3%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.1%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Trainors

4 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Meghan Trainor
American singer-songwriter (born 1993)
Jerry Trainor
American actor (born 1977)
Mary Ellen Trainor
American actress (1952-2015)
Tenzing Norgay Trainor
American actor (born 2001)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Trainor

Trainor has the Soundex code T656, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code T656.

Other Irish surnames

All 880 Irish surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Trainor come from?: Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Mac Thréinfhir (“son of Thréinfhear”) a personal name composed of the elements tréan (“strong”) + fear (“man”). Compare Cranor.
How common is the surname Trainor?: 6,816 people in the United States had the surname Trainor in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 45,297 Americans. It ranked 5,136th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Trainor?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Trainor identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Trainor?: Meghan Trainor, American singer-songwriter (born 1993), followed by Jerry Trainor.
Where is the surname Trainor most common?: Wikidata records people named Trainor in the United States.
What type of surname is Trainor?: Trainor is a patronymic surname, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
Is the surname Trainor getting more or less common?: More common. 6,719 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,816 in 2010, up 1.4%.