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The surname Traynham

A surname, carried by 1,304 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex T655

Traynham: #20,382 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Traynham #20,382, 1,304 people Traynham: #20,382 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Traynham #20,382, 1,304 people
Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Traynham is more common than 87.4% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,304 people named Traynham in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 236,768 Americans. That is up 11% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,171.

#20,382
rank among US surnames
1,304
people in 2010
0.4
per 100,000 Americans
+11.4%
change since 2000 (was #20,935)

Who is named Traynham

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

48% of people named Traynham identified as Black (not Hispanic), 45% as white (not Hispanic) and 2.7% as two or more races.

  • Black (not Hispanic) 48%
  • White (not Hispanic) 45%
  • Two or more races 2.7%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.6%
  • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%
  • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among Black Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Traynham

Traynham has the Soundex code T655, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code T655.

Questions

How common is the surname Traynham?
1,304 people in the United States had the surname Traynham in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 236,768 Americans. It ranked 20,382nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Traynham?
In the 2010 Census, 48% of people named Traynham identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 45% as white (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Traynham getting more or less common?
More common. 1,171 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,304 in 2010, up 11%.