# Trammell (surname)

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

A surname from German.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | German |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 12,582 |
| US rank (2010) | 2,867 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 24,539 people |
| Change since 2000 | +4.0% (12,098 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | Tramell |

## Etymology

Altered form of German Tremmel, Tremel or Treml.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Trammell 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) | 72% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 22% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.5% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.4% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.9% |
| Two or more races | 2.6% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Trammell in the United States.

## People named Trammell

- Sam Trammell, American actor, writer, and producer (born 1969)
- Terrence Trammell, American hurdler
- Alan Trammell, American Hall of Fame baseball player, coach and manager
- Park Trammell, American politician (1876-1936)

## Similar surnames

Trammel, Tramel, Tremmel, Thornhill, Thornley, Thornell, Trenholm.

## 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.