# Trimble (surname)

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

An English and Irish surname, variant of Trumble.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 16,306 |
| US rank (2010) | 2,235 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 18,934 people |
| Change since 2000 | +4.7% (15,576 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /ˈtɹɪm.bəl/, 2 syllables |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Trimble 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) | 79% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 15% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.7% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.6% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.9% |
| Two or more races | 1.7% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Trimble in the United States.

## People named Trimble

- Virginia Louise Trimble, American astronomer
- Laurence Trimble, American silent film actor, writer and director (1885-1954)
- Allen Trimble, American politician (1783-1870)
- William A. Trimble, American politician (1786-1821)
- Melo Trimble, American basketball player (born 1995)
- James William Trimble, American politician (1894-1972)
- Dej Loaf, American rapper and singer

## Similar surnames

Tremblay, Trombley, Trumble, Trumbull, Trombly, Tremble, Trembley, Turnbull, Thornburg, Trump, Terranova, Turnbow.

## 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.