How common is the surname Traub?

2,638 people in the United States had the surname Traub in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 117,038 Americans. It ranked 11,870th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Traub?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Traub identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Traub?

Hamilton Paul Traub, American botanist (1890-1983).

Where is the surname Traub most common?

Wikidata records people named Traub in the United States.

Is the surname Traub getting more or less common?

Less common. 2,675 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,638 in 2010, down 1.4%.

The surname Traub

A surname, carried by 2,638 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). Traub is more common than 92.7% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,638 people named Traub in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 117,038 Americans. That is down 1.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,675.

#11,870

rank among US surnames

2,638

people in 2010

0.9

per 100,000 Americans

-1.4%

change since 2000 (was #10,917)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#11,863	Bodie	2,640	116,949
#11,865	Kopec	2,639	116,993
#11,870	Douthit	2,638	117,038
#11,874	Bousquet	2,637	117,082
#11,877	Gove	2,636	117,127

Who is named Traub

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

95% of people named Traub identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.2% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
Two or more races 1.2%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.1%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.9%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Traubs

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Hamilton Paul Traub
American botanist (1890-1983)

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Surnames that sound like Traub

Trobaugh

Traub 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 Traub?: 2,638 people in the United States had the surname Traub in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 117,038 Americans. It ranked 11,870th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Traub?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Traub identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Traub?: Hamilton Paul Traub, American botanist (1890-1983).
Where is the surname Traub most common?: Wikidata records people named Traub in the United States.
Is the surname Traub getting more or less common?: Less common. 2,675 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,638 in 2010, down 1.4%.