# Trowbridge (surname)

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

A habitational surname from Old English.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | English |
| Type | place, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 7,095 |
| US rank (2010) | 4,956 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 43,516 people |
| Change since 2000 | +3.2% (6,876 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | Troubridge |

## Etymology

From Old English trēow (“tree”) + brycġ (“bridge”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Trowbridge 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) | 95% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.4% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.9% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.7% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.6% |
| Two or more races | 1.6% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Trowbridge in Mexico.

## People named Trowbridge

- Charles Trowbridge, actor (1882-1967)

## Similar surnames

Tarver, Travers, Thurber, Traver, Torbert, Treiber, Traverso, Turrubiartes, Thorburn, Turberville.

## 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.