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    The surname Trotman

    A surname, carried by 3,212 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex T635

    Trotman: #10,029 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Trotman #10,029, 3,212 people Trotman: #10,029 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Trotman #10,029, 3,212 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Trotman is more common than 93.8% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 3,212 people named Trotman in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 96,123 Americans. That is up 20% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,673.

    #10,029
    rank among US surnames
    3,212
    people in 2010
    1.1
    per 100,000 Americans
    +20.2%
    change since 2000 (was #10,923)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #10,021Meltzer3,21696,003
    #10,023Baynes3,21596,033
    #10,026Ullman3,21396,093
    #10,029Trotman3,21296,123
    #10,030Copper3,21196,152
    #10,034Backman3,21096,182
    #10,036Eccles3,20996,212

    Who is named Trotman

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

    57% of people named Trotman identified as Black (not Hispanic), 34% as white (not Hispanic) and 4.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • Black (not Hispanic) 57%
    • White (not Hispanic) 34%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4.0%
    • Two or more races 3.2%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

    Compare: most common surnames among Black Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Trotman

    Trotman has the Soundex code T635, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code T635.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Trotman?
    3,212 people in the United States had the surname Trotman in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 96,123 Americans. It ranked 10,029th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Trotman?
    In the 2010 Census, 57% of people named Trotman identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 34% as white (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Trotman getting more or less common?
    More common. 2,673 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,212 in 2010, up 20%.