How common is the surname True?

8,261 people in the United States had the surname True in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 37,374 Americans. It ranked 4,303rd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname True?

In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named True identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named True?

Rachel True, American actress, followed by Frederick W. True.

Where is the surname True most common?

Wikidata records people named True in the United States.

Is the surname True getting more or less common?

More common. 7,926 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 8,261 in 2010, up 4.2%.

The surname True

A surname, carried by 8,261 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex T600

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). True is more common than 97.3% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 8,261 people named True in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 37,374 Americans. That is up 4.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 7,926.

#4,303

rank among US surnames

8,261

people in 2010

2.8

per 100,000 Americans

+4.2%

change since 2000 (was #4,138)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#4,299	Bracken	8,265	37,356
#4,300	Santacruz	8,264	37,360
#4,302	Withrow	8,262	37,369
#4,303	True	8,261	37,374

Who is named True

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

92% of people named True identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.0% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 92%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
Two or more races 2.0%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.8%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.8%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Trues

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Rachel True
American actress, born 1966
Frederick W. True
American biologist, mammalogist and curator (1858-1914)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like True

True has the Soundex code T600, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code T600.

Questions

How common is the surname True?: 8,261 people in the United States had the surname True in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 37,374 Americans. It ranked 4,303rd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname True?: In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named True identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named True?: Rachel True, American actress, followed by Frederick W. True.
Where is the surname True most common?: Wikidata records people named True in the United States.
Is the surname True getting more or less common?: More common. 7,926 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 8,261 in 2010, up 4.2%.