How common is the surname Truex?

1,751 people in the United States had the surname Truex in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 176,325 Americans. It ranked 16,427th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Truex?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Truex identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Truex?

Ernest Truex, American actor (1889–1973), followed by Martin Truex Jr..

Where is the surname Truex most common?

Wikidata records people named Truex in the United States.

Is the surname Truex getting more or less common?

More common. 1,708 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,751 in 2010, up 2.5%.

The surname Truex

A surname, carried by 1,751 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). Truex is more common than 89.9% 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 1,751 people named Truex in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 176,325 Americans. That is up 2.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,708.

#16,427

rank among US surnames

1,751

people in 2010

0.6

per 100,000 Americans

+2.5%

change since 2000 (was #15,704)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#16,420	Bardsley	1,752	176,225
#16,427	McGeorge	1,751	176,325

Who is named Truex

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

94% of people named Truex identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.8% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.2%
Two or more races 1.8%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Truexs

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Ernest Truex
American actor (1889–1973)
Martin Truex Jr.
American racing driver, born 1980

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Surnames that sound like Truex

Truax

Truex 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 Truex come from?: Anglicization of Trieux. From French Trieux
How common is the surname Truex?: 1,751 people in the United States had the surname Truex in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 176,325 Americans. It ranked 16,427th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Truex?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Truex identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Truex?: Ernest Truex, American actor (1889–1973), followed by Martin Truex Jr..
Where is the surname Truex most common?: Wikidata records people named Truex in the United States.
Is the surname Truex getting more or less common?: More common. 1,708 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,751 in 2010, up 2.5%.