How common is the surname Trousdale?

1,074 people in the United States had the surname Trousdale in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 287,473 Americans. It ranked 23,618th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Trousdale?

Gary Trousdale, American director and actor, followed by Chris Trousdale.

Where is the surname Trousdale most common?

Wikidata records people named Trousdale in the United States.

Is the surname Trousdale getting more or less common?

More common. 1,023 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,074 in 2010, up 5.0%.

The surname Trousdale

An English surname, carried by 1,074 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex T623

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Trousdale is more common than 85.4% of them.

Origin

English origin

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.

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 1,074 people named Trousdale in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 287,473 Americans. That is up 5.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,023.

#23,618

rank among US surnames

1,074

people in 2010

0.4

per 100,000 Americans

+5%

change since 2000 (was #23,264)

Who is named Trousdale

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

90% of people named Trousdale identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.3% as two or more races and 2.6% as American Indian and Alaska Native.

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

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Trousdales

3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Gary Trousdale
American director and actor, born 1960
Chris Trousdale
American singer and actor (1985-2020)
William Trousdale
American general, Governor of Tennessee and Ambassador to Brazil (1790-1872)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Trousdale

Trousdale 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 Trousdale come from?: 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.
How common is the surname Trousdale?: 1,074 people in the United States had the surname Trousdale in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 287,473 Americans. It ranked 23,618th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Trousdale?: In the 2010 Census, 90% of people named Trousdale identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.3% as two or more races.
Who is the most famous person named Trousdale?: Gary Trousdale, American director and actor, followed by Chris Trousdale.
Where is the surname Trousdale most common?: Wikidata records people named Trousdale in the United States.
Is the surname Trousdale getting more or less common?: More common. 1,023 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,074 in 2010, up 5.0%.