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    The surname Troughton

    An English place surname, carried by 317 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex T623

    Troughton: #63,068 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Troughton #63,068, 317 people Troughton: #63,068 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Troughton #63,068, 317 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Troughton is more common than 61.1% of them.

    Origin

    English origin

    Habitational surname from a minor place in Lancashire, from Old English trog (“trough”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

    Troughton is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

    One of 1,446 English surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 317 people named Troughton in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 973,961 Americans. That is down 9.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 349.

    #63,068
    rank among US surnames
    317
    people in 2010
    0.1
    per 100,000 Americans
    -9.2%
    change since 2000 (was #55,124)

    Who is named Troughton

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

    94% of people named Troughton identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.6% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

    • White (not Hispanic) 94%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.6%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.6%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 1.6%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Multiracial are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Troughton

    Troughton has the Soundex code T623, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code T623.

    Other English surnames

    All 1,446 English surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Troughton come from?
    Habitational surname from a minor place in Lancashire, from Old English trog (“trough”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).
    How common is the surname Troughton?
    317 people in the United States had the surname Troughton in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 973,961 Americans. It ranked 63,068th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Troughton?
    In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Troughton identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    What type of surname is Troughton?
    Troughton is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
    Is the surname Troughton getting more or less common?
    Less common. 349 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 317 in 2010, down 9.2%.