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    The surname Trout

    A surname, carried by 12,758 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex T630

    Trout: #2,826 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Trout #2,826, 12,758 people Trout: #2,826 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Trout #2,826, 12,758 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Trout is more common than 98.3% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 12,758 people named Trout in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 24,200 Americans. That is up 1.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 12,569.

    #2,826
    rank among US surnames
    12,758
    people in 2010
    4.3
    per 100,000 Americans
    +1.5%
    change since 2000 (was #2,642)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #2,817Caron12,81024,102
    #2,818Snodgrass12,80624,109
    #2,819Gaffney12,80524,111
    #2,820Babb12,79424,132
    #2,821Denney12,79224,136
    #2,822Schofield12,79024,140
    #2,823Jauregui12,78324,153

    Who is named Trout

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

    93% of people named Trout identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.0% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 93%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
    • Two or more races 2.0%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 1.5%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 1.0%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Trouts

    6 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Mike Trout
      American professional baseball player, born 1991
    • Jack Trout
      American marketing man (1935-2017)
    • Walter Trout
      American musician, born 1951
    • Bobbi Trout
      American aviator (1906–2003)
    • Austin Trout
      American boxer, born 1985
    • Skeet Ulrich
      American actor (born 1970)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Trout

    Trout has the Soundex code T630, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code T630.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Trout?
    12,758 people in the United States had the surname Trout in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 24,200 Americans. It ranked 2,826th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Trout?
    In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Trout identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Who is the most famous person named Trout?
    Mike Trout, American professional baseball player, followed by Jack Trout.
    Where is the surname Trout most common?
    Wikidata records people named Trout in the United States.
    Is the surname Trout getting more or less common?
    More common. 12,569 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 12,758 in 2010, up 1.5%.