# Traylor (surname)

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

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 13,341 |
| US rank (2010) | 2,701 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 23,143 people |
| Change since 2000 | +5.7% (12,627 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /ˈtɹeɪlɚ/, 2 syllables |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Traylor 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) | 55% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 39% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.2% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.4% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.3% |
| Two or more races | 2.7% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Traylor in the United States.

## People named Traylor

- Robert Traylor, American basketball player (1977–2011)
- Bill Traylor, African American artist and sharecropper (1854-1949)
- Susan Traylor, American actress
- Big Boss Man, American professional wrestler (1963-2004)

## 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.