How common is the surname Truax?

5,968 people in the United States had the surname Truax in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 51,734 Americans. It ranked 5,799th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Truax?

In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Truax identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.0% as American Indian and Alaska Native.

Who is the most famous person named Truax?

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

Where is the surname Truax most common?

Wikidata records people named Truax in the United States.

Is the surname Truax getting more or less common?

More common. 5,755 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,968 in 2010, up 3.7%.

The surname Truax

A surname, carried by 5,968 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex T620

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Truax is more common than 96.4% of them.

Origin

Anglicization of Trieux. From French Trieux

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 5,968 people named Truax in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 51,734 Americans. That is up 3.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 5,755.

#5,799

rank among US surnames

5,968

people in 2010

2.0

per 100,000 Americans

+3.7%

change since 2000 (was #5,548)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#5,791	Izquierdo	5,974	51,682
#5,794	Costanzo	5,970	51,716
#5,796	Slate	5,969	51,725
#5,799	Truax	5,968	51,734
#5,801	Schick	5,967	51,742
#5,802	Kiernan	5,966	51,751

Who is named Truax

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

92% of people named Truax identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.0% as American Indian and Alaska Native and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 92%
American Indian and Alaska Native 3.0%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
Two or more races 1.4%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Truaxs

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Robert Truax
American rocket scientist (1917–2010)

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Variant spellings

Truaxe

Surnames that sound like Truax

Truex

Truax has the Soundex code T620, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code T620.

Questions

Where does the surname Truax come from?: Anglicization of Trieux. From French Trieux
How common is the surname Truax?: 5,968 people in the United States had the surname Truax in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 51,734 Americans. It ranked 5,799th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Truax?: In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Truax identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.0% as American Indian and Alaska Native.
Who is the most famous person named Truax?: Robert Truax, American rocket scientist (1917–2010).
Where is the surname Truax most common?: Wikidata records people named Truax in the United States.
Is the surname Truax getting more or less common?: More common. 5,755 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,968 in 2010, up 3.7%.
What are other spellings of Truax?: Truaxe.