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    The surname Trim

    A surname, carried by 2,258 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex T650

    Trim: #13,474 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Trim #13,474, 2,258 people Trim: #13,474 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Trim #13,474, 2,258 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Trim is more common than 91.7% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,258 people named Trim in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 136,734 Americans. That is up 10% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,051.

    #13,474
    rank among US surnames
    2,258
    people in 2010
    0.8
    per 100,000 Americans
    +10.1%
    change since 2000 (was #13,580)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #13,466Hertzog2,261136,553
    #13,470Vandegrift2,260136,613
    #13,472Nease2,259136,674
    #13,474Siewert2,258136,734
    #13,477Corner2,256136,855
    #13,480Lunceford2,255136,916
    #13,483Bartelt2,254136,977

    Who is named Trim

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

    66% of people named Trim identified as white (not Hispanic), 29% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 66%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 29%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.9%
    • Two or more races 1.9%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.1%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Trim

    Trim has the Soundex code T650, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code T650.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Trim?
    2,258 people in the United States had the surname Trim in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 136,734 Americans. It ranked 13,474th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Trim?
    In the 2010 Census, 66% of people named Trim identified as white (not Hispanic), and 29% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Trim getting more or less common?
    More common. 2,051 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,258 in 2010, up 10%.