# Trousdale (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/trousdale/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | English |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 1,074 |
| US rank (2010) | 23,618 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 287,473 people |
| Change since 2000 | +5.0% (1,023 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Reduced form of *Troutsdale, meaning "trout pool", from Old English truht (“trout”) + steall (“fishing ground”); akin to trout stall. The second element was eventually misanalysed as dale.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Trousdale in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 90% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 1.2% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.6% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 1.0% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 2.6% |
| Two or more races | 3.3% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Trousdale in the United States.

## People named Trousdale

- Gary Trousdale, American director and actor
- Chris Trousdale, American singer and actor (1985-2020)
- William Trousdale, American general, Governor of Tennessee and Ambassador to Brazil (1790-1872)

## Similar surnames

Truesdale, Truesdell, Trostle, Trost, Thurston, Turcotte, Tristan, Trusty, Trogdon, Trickett, Truscott, Thurgood.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.