# Trier (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/trier/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A habitational surname from German.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | German |
| Type | place, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 591 |
| US rank (2010) | 37,646 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 522,412 people |
| Change since 2000 | -21.7% (755 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /tɹɪɹ/, 2 syllables |
| Variant spellings | Triers |

## Etymology

From German Trier, from Latin Treverorum. Ultimately from the Roman name of the settlement, Augusta Trēverōrum, taken from the Gaulish name of a local tribe of Gauls. Compare also the French name for the city, Trèves.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Trier in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 95% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 1.2% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.9% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 1.4% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Trier in the United States.

## People named Trier

- Allonzo Trier, American basketball player (born 1996)

## Similar surnames

Troyer, Trower, Thrower, Traore, Terrero, Terhaar, Theurer.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.