# Truax (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/truax/  
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) | 5,968 |
| US rank (2010) | 5,799 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 51,734 people |
| Change since 2000 | +3.7% (5,755 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | Truaxe |

## Etymology

Anglicization of Trieux. From French Trieux

## Who carries it

Share of people named Truax 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) | 92% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.3% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.1% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.7% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 3.0% |
| Two or more races | 1.4% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Truax in the United States.

## People named Truax

- Robert Truax, American rocket scientist (1917–2010)

## Similar surnames

Truex, Torres, Trejo, Tracy, Torrez, Turk, Trice, Tracey, Trask, Thrash, Towers, Turek.

## 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.