How common is the surname Truesdell?

2,786 people in the United States had the surname Truesdell in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 110,820 Americans. It ranked 11,327th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Truesdell?

Clifford Truesdell, American mathematician (1919-2000).

Where is the surname Truesdell most common?

Wikidata records people named Truesdell in the United States.

Is the surname Truesdell getting more or less common?

More common. 2,777 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,786 in 2010, up 0.3%.

The surname Truesdell

A surname, carried by 2,786 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex T623

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Truesdell is more common than 93% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,786 people named Truesdell in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 110,820 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 2,777.

#11,327

rank among US surnames

2,786

people in 2010

0.9

per 100,000 Americans

+0.3%

change since 2000 (was #10,591)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#11,319	Twitchell	2,789	110,701
#11,321	Dorton	2,788	110,741
#11,322	Maharaj	2,787	110,781
#11,327	Markovich	2,786	110,820
#11,334	Crowson	2,785	110,860
#11,335	Dedios	2,784	110,900

Who is named Truesdell

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

89% of people named Truesdell identified as white (not Hispanic), 6.1% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 89%
Black (not Hispanic) 6.1%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.5%
Two or more races 1.5%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.9%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Truesdells

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Clifford Truesdell
American mathematician (1919-2000)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Truesdell

Truesdell has the Soundex code T623, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code T623.

Questions

How common is the surname Truesdell?: 2,786 people in the United States had the surname Truesdell in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 110,820 Americans. It ranked 11,327th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Truesdell?: In the 2010 Census, 89% of people named Truesdell identified as white (not Hispanic), and 6.1% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Truesdell?: Clifford Truesdell, American mathematician (1919-2000).
Where is the surname Truesdell most common?: Wikidata records people named Truesdell in the United States.
Is the surname Truesdell getting more or less common?: More common. 2,777 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,786 in 2010, up 0.3%.