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    The surname Trumble

    An English surname, carried by 3,303 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex T651

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    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Trumble is more common than 94% of them.

    Origin

    English origin

    From an unrecorded Old English personal name *Trumbeald, composed of the elements trum (“strong, firm”) + beald (“bold, brave”).

    One of 1,446 English surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 3,303 people named Trumble in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 93,474 Americans. That is up 9.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,011.

    #9,800
    rank among US surnames
    3,303
    people in 2010
    1.1
    per 100,000 Americans
    +9.7%
    change since 2000 (was #9,889)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #9,794Arechiga3,30693,389
    #9,798Trantham3,30493,446
    #9,800Casias3,30393,474
    #9,803Goto3,30293,503
    #9,808Whisenhunt3,30193,531

    Who is named Trumble

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

    91% of people named Trumble identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.8% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 91%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 3.8%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
    • Two or more races 1.6%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.8%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.2%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Trumbles

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Hugh Trumble
      Australian cricketer (1867-1938)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Variant spellings

    Surnames that sound like Trumble

    Trumble has the Soundex code T651, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code T651.

    Other English surnames

    All 1,446 English surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Trumble come from?
    From an unrecorded Old English personal name *Trumbeald, composed of the elements trum (“strong, firm”) + beald (“bold, brave”).
    How common is the surname Trumble?
    3,303 people in the United States had the surname Trumble in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 93,474 Americans. It ranked 9,800th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Trumble?
    In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Trumble identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.8% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Trumble?
    Hugh Trumble, Australian cricketer (1867-1938).
    Where is the surname Trumble most common?
    Wikidata records people named Trumble in Australia.
    Is the surname Trumble getting more or less common?
    More common. 3,011 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,303 in 2010, up 9.7%.
    What are other spellings of Trumble?
    Trimble.