How common is the surname Truitt?

9,557 people in the United States had the surname Truitt in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 32,306 Americans. It ranked 3,712th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Truitt?

Anne Truitt, American artist (1921-2004), followed by Danielle Moné Truitt.

Where is the surname Truitt most common?

Wikidata records people named Truitt in the United States.

Is the surname Truitt getting more or less common?

More common. 9,257 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 9,557 in 2010, up 3.2%.

The surname Truitt

A surname, carried by 9,557 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex T630

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Truitt is more common than 97.7% of them.

Origin

Variant of Trewhitt.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 9,557 people named Truitt in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 32,306 Americans. That is up 3.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 9,257.

#3,712

rank among US surnames

9,557

people in 2010

3.2

per 100,000 Americans

+3.2%

change since 2000 (was #3,526)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#3,704	Ong	9,584	32,215
#3,705	Madera	9,583	32,218
#3,706	Taveras	9,580	32,228
#3,707	Wei	9,578	32,235
#3,708	Fulmer	9,570	32,262
#3,709	Amaral	9,567	32,272
#3,710	Shull	9,565	32,279

Who is named Truitt

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

72% of people named Truitt identified as white (not Hispanic), 23% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 72%
Black (not Hispanic) 23%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.2%
Two or more races 2.0%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.9%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Truitts

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Anne Truitt
American artist (1921-2004)
Danielle Moné Truitt
American actress, born 1986

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Truitt

Truitt has the Soundex code T630, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code T630.

Questions

Where does the surname Truitt come from?: Variant of Trewhitt.
How common is the surname Truitt?: 9,557 people in the United States had the surname Truitt in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 32,306 Americans. It ranked 3,712th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Truitt?: In the 2010 Census, 72% of people named Truitt identified as white (not Hispanic), and 23% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Truitt?: Anne Truitt, American artist (1921-2004), followed by Danielle Moné Truitt.
Where is the surname Truitt most common?: Wikidata records people named Truitt in the United States.
Is the surname Truitt getting more or less common?: More common. 9,257 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 9,557 in 2010, up 3.2%.