How common is the surname Trujillo?

73,664 people in the United States had the surname Trujillo in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 4,191 Americans. It ranked 448th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Trujillo?

Robert Trujillo, American bass guitarist, followed by Chadwick Trujillo.

Where is the surname Trujillo most common?

Wikidata records people named Trujillo in the United States.

Is the surname Trujillo getting more or less common?

More common. 59,609 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 73,664 in 2010, up 24%.

The surname Trujillo

A Spanish surname, carried by 73,664 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex T624

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Trujillo is more common than 99.7% of them.

Origin

Spanish origin

A surname from Spanish.

One of 992 Spanish surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 73,664 people named Trujillo in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 4,191 Americans. That is up 24% since 2000, when the Census counted 59,609.

#448

rank among US surnames

73,664

people in 2010

per 100,000 Americans

+23.6%

change since 2000 (was #504)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#439	McGee	74,542	4,142
#440	Gross	74,503	4,144
#441	Doyle	74,458	4,147
#442	Garner	74,324	4,154
#443	Newton	74,092	4,167
#444	Burgess	73,931	4,176
#445	Reese	73,919	4,177

Who is named Trujillo

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

89% of people named Trujillo identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 8.4% as white (not Hispanic) and 1.6% as American Indian and Alaska Native.

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

Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

Famous Trujillos

4 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Robert Trujillo
American bass guitarist, born 1964
Chadwick Trujillo
American astronomer, born 1973
Raoul Trujillo
American actor and dancer, born 1955
Tony Trujillo
American skateboarder, born 1982

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Trujillo

Trussell

Trujillo has the Soundex code T624, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code T624.

Other Spanish surnames

All 992 Spanish surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Trujillo come from?: Trujillo is Spanish in origin.
How common is the surname Trujillo?: 73,664 people in the United States had the surname Trujillo in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 4,191 Americans. It ranked 448th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Trujillo?: In the 2010 Census, 89% of people named Trujillo identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 8.4% as white (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Trujillo?: Robert Trujillo, American bass guitarist, followed by Chadwick Trujillo.
Where is the surname Trujillo most common?: Wikidata records people named Trujillo in the United States.
Is the surname Trujillo getting more or less common?: More common. 59,609 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 73,664 in 2010, up 24%.