How common is the surname Tremblay?

7,996 people in the United States had the surname Tremblay in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 38,612 Americans. It ranked 4,438th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Tremblay?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Tremblay identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Tremblay?

Paul G. Tremblay, American author and editor.

Where is the surname Tremblay most common?

Wikidata records people named Tremblay in the United States.

Is the surname Tremblay getting more or less common?

More common. 7,802 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 7,996 in 2010, up 2.5%.

The surname Tremblay

A French surname, carried by 7,996 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex T651

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Tremblay is more common than 97.3% of them.

Origin

French origin

Borrowed from French Tremblay.

One of 791 French surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 7,996 people named Tremblay in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 38,612 Americans. That is up 2.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 7,802.

#4,438

rank among US surnames

7,996

people in 2010

2.7

per 100,000 Americans

+2.5%

change since 2000 (was #4,210)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#4,430	Staten	8,021	38,492
#4,432	Whitlow	8,020	38,497
#4,433	Sledge	8,019	38,502
#4,434	Ta	8,017	38,511
#4,435	Pulley	8,007	38,559
#4,436	Lacroix	8,003	38,579
#4,437	Goncalves	8,000	38,593

Who is named Tremblay

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

95% of people named Tremblay identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.7% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
Two or more races 1.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Tremblays

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Paul G. Tremblay
American author and editor, born 1971

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Variant spellings

Trembly

Surnames that sound like Tremblay

Tremblay has the Soundex code T651, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code T651.

Other French surnames

All 791 French surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Tremblay come from?: Borrowed from French Tremblay.
How common is the surname Tremblay?: 7,996 people in the United States had the surname Tremblay in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 38,612 Americans. It ranked 4,438th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Tremblay?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Tremblay identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Tremblay?: Paul G. Tremblay, American author and editor.
Where is the surname Tremblay most common?: Wikidata records people named Tremblay in the United States.
Is the surname Tremblay getting more or less common?: More common. 7,802 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 7,996 in 2010, up 2.5%.
What are other spellings of Tremblay?: Trembly.