How common is the surname Trapp?

9,294 people in the United States had the surname Trapp in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 33,220 Americans. It ranked 3,813th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Trapp?

Wil Trapp, American soccer player (born 1993), followed by James Trapp.

Where is the surname Trapp most common?

Wikidata records people named Trapp in the United States.

Is the surname Trapp getting more or less common?

More common. 9,075 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 9,294 in 2010, up 2.4%.

The surname Trapp

An occupational surname, carried by 9,294 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex T610

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Trapp is more common than 97.6% of them.

Origin

An English surname originating as an occupation derived from the occupation of trapper.

Trapp is an occupational surname: named after the work an ancestor did.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 9,294 people named Trapp in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 33,220 Americans. That is up 2.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 9,075.

#3,813

rank among US surnames

9,294

people in 2010

3.1

per 100,000 Americans

+2.4%

change since 2000 (was #3,596)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#3,807	Toscano	9,301	33,195
#3,809	Bratton	9,300	33,198
#3,811	Gaona	9,299	33,202
#3,813	Trapp	9,294	33,220

Who is named Trapp

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

79% of people named Trapp identified as white (not Hispanic), 16% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 79%
Black (not Hispanic) 16%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.9%
Two or more races 1.4%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Trapps

3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Wil Trapp
American soccer player (born 1993)
James Trapp
American sprinter and football player, born 1969
John Trapp
American basketball player, born 1945

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Trapp

Tripp

Trapp has the Soundex code T610, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code T610.

Questions

How common is the surname Trapp?: 9,294 people in the United States had the surname Trapp in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 33,220 Americans. It ranked 3,813th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Trapp?: In the 2010 Census, 79% of people named Trapp identified as white (not Hispanic), and 16% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Trapp?: Wil Trapp, American soccer player (born 1993), followed by James Trapp.
Where is the surname Trapp most common?: Wikidata records people named Trapp in the United States.
What type of surname is Trapp?: Trapp is an occupational surname, named after the work an ancestor did.
Is the surname Trapp getting more or less common?: More common. 9,075 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 9,294 in 2010, up 2.4%.