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The surname Trentham

An English place surname, carried by 1,067 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex T653

Trentham: #23,725 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Trentham #23,725, 1,067 people Trentham: #23,725 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Trentham #23,725, 1,067 people
Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Trentham is more common than 85.4% of them.

Origin

English origin

From the name of the river Trent + Old English hām (“homestead”).

Trentham is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

One of 1,446 English surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,067 people named Trentham in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 289,359 Americans. That is down 7.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,151.

#23,725
rank among US surnames
1,067
people in 2010
0.4
per 100,000 Americans
-7.3%
change since 2000 (was #21,244)

Who is named Trentham

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

96% of people named Trentham identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

  • White (not Hispanic) 96%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.1%
  • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.9%
  • Two or more races 0.8%
The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Asian & Pacific Islander are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Trenthams

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

  • Barbara Trentham
    American actress (1944–2013)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Variant spellings

Surnames that sound like Trentham

Trentham has the Soundex code T653, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code T653.

Other English surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Trentham come from?
From the name of the river Trent + Old English hām (“homestead”).
How common is the surname Trentham?
1,067 people in the United States had the surname Trentham in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 289,359 Americans. It ranked 23,725th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Trentham?
In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Trentham identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Trentham?
Barbara Trentham, American actress (1944–2013).
Where is the surname Trentham most common?
Wikidata records people named Trentham in the United States.
What type of surname is Trentham?
Trentham is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
Is the surname Trentham getting more or less common?
Less common. 1,151 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,067 in 2010, down 7.3%.
What are other spellings of Trentham?
Trantham.