How common is the surname Trinkle?

2,166 people in the United States had the surname Trinkle in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 142,542 Americans. It ranked 13,938th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Trinkle?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Trinkle identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Trinkle?

Elbert Lee Trinkle, American politician (1876-1939).

Where is the surname Trinkle most common?

Wikidata records people named Trinkle in the United States.

Is the surname Trinkle getting more or less common?

More common. 1,787 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,166 in 2010, up 21%.

The surname Trinkle

A surname, carried by 2,166 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex T652

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Trinkle is more common than 91.4% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,166 people named Trinkle in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 142,542 Americans. That is up 21% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,787.

#13,938

rank among US surnames

2,166

people in 2010

0.7

per 100,000 Americans

+21.2%

change since 2000 (was #15,139)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#13,933	Flippo	2,167	142,476
#13,938	Duplantis	2,166	142,542
#13,944	Trego	2,165	142,608

Who is named Trinkle

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

95% of people named Trinkle identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.5% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.9%
Two or more races 1.5%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.3%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Trinkles

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Elbert Lee Trinkle
American politician (1876-1939)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Trinkle

Trinkle has the Soundex code T652, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code T652.

Questions

How common is the surname Trinkle?: 2,166 people in the United States had the surname Trinkle in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 142,542 Americans. It ranked 13,938th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Trinkle?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Trinkle identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Trinkle?: Elbert Lee Trinkle, American politician (1876-1939).
Where is the surname Trinkle most common?: Wikidata records people named Trinkle in the United States.
Is the surname Trinkle getting more or less common?: More common. 1,787 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,166 in 2010, up 21%.