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    The surname Trammell

    A German surname, carried by 12,582 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex T654

    Trammell: #2,867 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Trammell #2,867, 12,582 people Trammell: #2,867 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Trammell #2,867, 12,582 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Trammell is more common than 98.2% of them.

    Origin

    German origin

    Altered form of German Tremmel, Tremel or Treml.

    One of 1,101 German surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 12,582 people named Trammell in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 24,539 Americans. That is up 4.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 12,098.

    #2,867
    rank among US surnames
    12,582
    people in 2010
    4.3
    per 100,000 Americans
    +4%
    change since 2000 (was #2,739)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #2,861Adcock12,59924,506
    #2,864Longo12,59424,515
    #2,865Orlando12,58624,531
    #2,867Trammell12,58224,539
    #2,868Guinn12,57724,548
    #2,869Will12,57524,552

    Who is named Trammell

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

    72% of people named Trammell identified as white (not Hispanic), 22% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.6% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 72%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 22%
    • Two or more races 2.6%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.5%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.9%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Trammells

    4 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Sam Trammell
      American actor, writer, and producer (born 1969)
    • Terrence Trammell
      American hurdler, born 1978
    • Alan Trammell
      American Hall of Fame baseball player, coach and manager, born 1958
    • Park Trammell
      American politician (1876-1936)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Variant spellings

    • Tramell

    Surnames that sound like Trammell

    Trammell has the Soundex code T654, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code T654.

    Other German surnames

    All 1,101 German surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Trammell come from?
    Altered form of German Tremmel, Tremel or Treml.
    How common is the surname Trammell?
    12,582 people in the United States had the surname Trammell in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 24,539 Americans. It ranked 2,867th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Trammell?
    In the 2010 Census, 72% of people named Trammell identified as white (not Hispanic), and 22% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Trammell?
    Sam Trammell, American actor, writer, and producer (born 1969), followed by Terrence Trammell.
    Where is the surname Trammell most common?
    Wikidata records people named Trammell in the United States.
    Is the surname Trammell getting more or less common?
    More common. 12,098 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 12,582 in 2010, up 4.0%.
    What are other spellings of Trammell?
    Tramell.