How common is the surname Trowbridge?

7,095 people in the United States had the surname Trowbridge in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 43,516 Americans. It ranked 4,956th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Trowbridge?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Trowbridge identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Trowbridge?

Charles Trowbridge, actor (1882-1967).

Where is the surname Trowbridge most common?

Wikidata records people named Trowbridge in Mexico.

Is the surname Trowbridge getting more or less common?

More common. 6,876 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 7,095 in 2010, up 3.2%.

The surname Trowbridge

An English place surname, carried by 7,095 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex T616

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Trowbridge is more common than 96.9% of them.

Origin

English origin

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

Trowbridge 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 7,095 people named Trowbridge in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 43,516 Americans. That is up 3.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 6,876.

#4,956

rank among US surnames

7,095

people in 2010

2.4

per 100,000 Americans

+3.2%

change since 2000 (was #4,715)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#4,947	Wilkie	7,116	43,388
#4,948	Wainwright	7,114	43,400
#4,949	Rainwater	7,111	43,418
#4,951	Enright	7,108	43,436
#4,952	Ackley	7,102	43,473
#4,953	Bankston	7,101	43,479
#4,955	Nesmith	7,097	43,504

Who is named Trowbridge

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

95% of people named Trowbridge identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.6% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.9%
Two or more races 1.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Trowbridges

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Charles Trowbridge
Actor (1882-1967)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Variant spellings

Troubridge

Trowbridge has the Soundex code T616, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code T616.

Other English surnames

All 1,446 English surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Trowbridge come from?: From Old English trēow (“tree”) + brycġ (“bridge”).
How common is the surname Trowbridge?: 7,095 people in the United States had the surname Trowbridge in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 43,516 Americans. It ranked 4,956th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Trowbridge?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Trowbridge identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Trowbridge?: Charles Trowbridge, actor (1882-1967).
Where is the surname Trowbridge most common?: Wikidata records people named Trowbridge in Mexico.
What type of surname is Trowbridge?: Trowbridge is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
Is the surname Trowbridge getting more or less common?: More common. 6,876 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 7,095 in 2010, up 3.2%.
What are other spellings of Trowbridge?: Troubridge.