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The surname Trimm

A surname, carried by 2,044 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex T650

Trimm: #14,571 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Trimm #14,571, 2,044 people Trimm: #14,571 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Trimm #14,571, 2,044 people
Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Trimm is more common than 91% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,044 people named Trimm in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 151,050 Americans. That is up 15% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,784.

#14,571
rank among US surnames
2,044
people in 2010
0.7
per 100,000 Americans
+14.6%
change since 2000 (was #15,167)
RankSurnamePeople1 in
#14,564Copas2,046150,902
#14,570Amy2,045150,976
#14,571Varughese2,044151,050
#14,579Boysen2,043151,124

Who is named Trimm

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

85% of people named Trimm identified as white (not Hispanic), 7.9% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.1% as two or more races.

  • White (not Hispanic) 85%
  • Black (not Hispanic) 7.9%
  • Two or more races 3.1%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.5%
  • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.0%
  • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.8%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Trimm

Trimm 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 Trimm?
2,044 people in the United States had the surname Trimm in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 151,050 Americans. It ranked 14,571st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Trimm?
In the 2010 Census, 85% of people named Trimm identified as white (not Hispanic), and 7.9% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Trimm getting more or less common?
More common. 1,784 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,044 in 2010, up 15%.