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    The surname Trotter

    A surname, carried by 19,927 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex T636

    Trotter: #1,801 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#10,001Dubon Trotter #1,801, 19,927 people Trotter: #1,801 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Trotter #1,801, 19,927 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Trotter is more common than 98.9% of them.

    Origin

    As an English and Scottish surname for a messenger, from trot. As a German surname, from Trotte (“winepress”).

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 19,927 people named Trotter in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 15,494 Americans. That is up 5.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 18,946.

    #1,801
    rank among US surnames
    19,927
    people in 2010
    6.8
    per 100,000 Americans
    +5.2%
    change since 2000 (was #1,734)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #1,792Fontenot20,03515,410
    #1,793Washburn20,03015,414
    #1,794Farr20,01115,429
    #1,795Melvin20,00815,431
    #1,796Cullen20,00015,437
    #1,797Hu19,99915,438
    #1,798McCollum19,99015,445

    Who is named Trotter

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

    62% of people named Trotter identified as white (not Hispanic), 32% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.8% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 62%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 32%
    • Two or more races 2.8%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Trotters

    4 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • DeeDee Trotter
      American athlete, born 1982
    • Obie Trotter
      American basketball player, born 1984
    • James F. Trotter
      American politician (1802-1866)
    • Black Thought
      American rapper, born 1973

    Notable Trotters come mostly from the United States (3) and Hungary (1).

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Trotter

    Trotter has the Soundex code T636, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code T636.

    Questions

    Where does the surname Trotter come from?
    As an English and Scottish surname for a messenger, from trot. As a German surname, from Trotte (“winepress”).
    How common is the surname Trotter?
    19,927 people in the United States had the surname Trotter in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 15,494 Americans. It ranked 1,801st of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Trotter?
    In the 2010 Census, 62% of people named Trotter identified as white (not Hispanic), and 32% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Trotter?
    DeeDee Trotter, American athlete, followed by Obie Trotter.
    Where is the surname Trotter most common?
    Wikidata records people named Trotter in the United States and Hungary.
    Is the surname Trotter getting more or less common?
    More common. 18,946 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 19,927 in 2010, up 5.2%.