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The surname Tribble

A surname, carried by 6,220 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex T614

Tribble: #5,591 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Tribble #5,591, 6,220 people Tribble: #5,591 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Tribble #5,591, 6,220 people
Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Tribble is more common than 96.6% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 6,220 people named Tribble in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 49,638 Americans. That is up 1.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 6,105.

#5,591
rank among US surnames
6,220
people in 2010
2.1
per 100,000 Americans
+1.9%
change since 2000 (was #5,253)
RankSurnamePeople1 in
#5,585Duhon6,22349,614
#5,588Ream6,22249,622
#5,589Bruton6,22149,630
#5,591Brake6,22049,638
#5,594Ignacio6,21949,646

Who is named Tribble

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

65% of people named Tribble identified as white (not Hispanic), 29% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

  • White (not Hispanic) 65%
  • Black (not Hispanic) 29%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.5%
  • Two or more races 2.3%
  • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%
  • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Tribble

Tribble has the Soundex code T614, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code T614.

Questions

How common is the surname Tribble?
6,220 people in the United States had the surname Tribble in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 49,638 Americans. It ranked 5,591st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Tribble?
In the 2010 Census, 65% of people named Tribble identified as white (not Hispanic), and 29% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Tribble getting more or less common?
More common. 6,105 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,220 in 2010, up 1.9%.