# Trujillo (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/trujillo/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname from Spanish.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Spanish |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 73,664 |
| US rank (2010) | 448 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 4,191 people |
| Change since 2000 | +24% (59,609 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Trujillo in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 8.4% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.2% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 89% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.3% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 1.6% |
| Two or more races | 0.3% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Trujillo in the United States.

## People named Trujillo

- Robert Trujillo, American bass guitarist
- Chadwick Trujillo, American astronomer
- Raoul Trujillo, American actor and dancer
- Tony Trujillo, American skateboarder

## Similar surnames

Trussell, Troxell, Tressler, Trexler, Traxler, Troxel, Trosclair, Torkelson, Troxler, Trisler, Turkel.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.