# Troyer (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/troyer/  
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 | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 16,981 |
| US rank (2010) | 2,132 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 18,182 people |
| Change since 2000 | +30% (13,091 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Troyer 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) | 98% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.3% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 0.8% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.2% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.2% |
| Two or more races | 0.6% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Troyer in the United States and Habsburg monarchy.

## People named Troyer

- Verne Troyer, American actor (1969-2018)
- Ferdinand Julius von Troyer, Bishop of Olomouc

## Similar surnames

Thrower, Traore, Trower, Trier, Terrero, Terhaar, Theurer.

## 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.