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The surname Traynor

A surname, carried by 3,628 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex T656

Traynor: #9,013 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Traynor #9,013, 3,628 people Traynor: #9,013 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Traynor #9,013, 3,628 people
Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Traynor is more common than 94.4% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,628 people named Traynor in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 85,101 Americans. That is up 2.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,541.

#9,013
rank among US surnames
3,628
people in 2010
1.2
per 100,000 Americans
+2.5%
change since 2000 (was #8,562)
RankSurnamePeople1 in
#9,006Cogan3,63185,030
#9,011Hirst3,63085,054
#9,013Traynor3,62885,101
#9,017Garwood3,62685,148
#9,020Stonge3,62585,171

Who is named Traynor

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

93% of people named Traynor identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.5% as Black (not Hispanic).

  • White (not Hispanic) 93%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.8%
  • Black (not Hispanic) 1.5%
  • Two or more races 1.5%
  • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
  • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Traynors

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

  • Pie Traynor
    American baseball player (1898–1972)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Traynor

Traynor has the Soundex code T656, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code T656.

Questions

How common is the surname Traynor?
3,628 people in the United States had the surname Traynor in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 85,101 Americans. It ranked 9,013th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Traynor?
In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Traynor identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Traynor?
Pie Traynor, American baseball player (1898–1972).
Where is the surname Traynor most common?
Wikidata records people named Traynor in the United States.
Is the surname Traynor getting more or less common?
More common. 3,541 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,628 in 2010, up 2.5%.