How common is the surname Triplett?

18,408 people in the United States had the surname Triplett in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 16,772 Americans. It ranked 1,965th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Triplett?

Donald Gray Triplett, American banker and the first person to be diagnosed with autism (1933–2023).

Where is the surname Triplett most common?

Wikidata records people named Triplett in the United States.

Is the surname Triplett getting more or less common?

More common. 17,422 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 18,408 in 2010, up 5.7%.

The surname Triplett

A surname, carried by 18,408 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex T614

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Triplett is more common than 98.8% of them.

Origin

Unexplained.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 18,408 people named Triplett in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 16,772 Americans. That is up 5.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 17,422.

#1,965

rank among US surnames

18,408

people in 2010

6.2

per 100,000 Americans

+5.7%

change since 2000 (was #1,890)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#1,956	Dobbs	18,476	16,711
#1,957	Lay	18,468	16,718
#1,958	Abel	18,464	16,721
#1,959	Keen	18,459	16,726
#1,960	Woody	18,434	16,749
#1,961	Luke	18,425	16,757
#1,962	McHugh	18,422	16,760

Who is named Triplett

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

65% of people named Triplett identified as white (not Hispanic), 29% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.3% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 65%
Black (not Hispanic) 29%
Two or more races 2.3%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.9%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Tripletts

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Donald Gray Triplett
American banker and the first person to be diagnosed with autism (1933–2023)

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Variant spellings

Triplet

Surnames that sound like Triplett

Triplett has the Soundex code T614, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code T614.

Questions

Where does the surname Triplett come from?: Unexplained.
How common is the surname Triplett?: 18,408 people in the United States had the surname Triplett in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 16,772 Americans. It ranked 1,965th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Triplett?: In the 2010 Census, 65% of people named Triplett identified as white (not Hispanic), and 29% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Triplett?: Donald Gray Triplett, American banker and the first person to be diagnosed with autism (1933–2023).
Where is the surname Triplett most common?: Wikidata records people named Triplett in the United States.
Is the surname Triplett getting more or less common?: More common. 17,422 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 18,408 in 2010, up 5.7%.
What are other spellings of Triplett?: Triplet.