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    The surname Trier

    A German place surname, carried by 591 people in the United States.

    Pronounced /tɹɪɹ/ 2 syllables Soundex T660

    Trier: #37,646 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Trier #37,646, 591 people Trier: #37,646 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Trier #37,646, 591 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Trier is more common than 76.8% of them.

    Origin

    German origin

    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.

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

    One of 1,101 German surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 591 people named Trier in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 522,412 Americans. That is down 22% since 2000, when the Census counted 755.

    #37,646
    rank among US surnames
    591
    people in 2010
    0.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    -21.7%
    change since 2000 (was #29,481)

    Who is named Trier

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

    95% of people named Trier identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.4% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

    • White (not Hispanic) 95%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.9%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.4%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 1.2%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Native American, Multiracial are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Triers

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Allonzo Trier
      American basketball player (born 1996)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Variant spellings

    • Triers

    Surnames that sound like Trier

    Trier has the Soundex code T660, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code T660.

    Other German surnames

    All 1,101 German surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Trier come from?
    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.
    How common is the surname Trier?
    591 people in the United States had the surname Trier in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 522,412 Americans. It ranked 37,646th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Trier?
    In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Trier identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Who is the most famous person named Trier?
    Allonzo Trier, American basketball player (born 1996).
    Where is the surname Trier most common?
    Wikidata records people named Trier in the United States.
    How do you pronounce Trier?
    Trier is /tɹɪɹ/, 2 syllables.
    What type of surname is Trier?
    Trier is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
    Is the surname Trier getting more or less common?
    Less common. 755 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 591 in 2010, down 22%.
    What are other spellings of Trier?
    Triers.