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    The surname Trumbo

    A surname, carried by 1,629 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex T651

    Trumbo: #17,345 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Trumbo #17,345, 1,629 people Trumbo: #17,345 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Trumbo #17,345, 1,629 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Trumbo is more common than 89.3% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,629 people named Trumbo in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 189,531 Americans. That is up 2.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,597.

    #17,345
    rank among US surnames
    1,629
    people in 2010
    0.6
    per 100,000 Americans
    +2%
    change since 2000 (was #16,554)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #17,337Shake1,630189,414
    #17,345Estey1,629189,531

    Who is named Trumbo

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

    81% of people named Trumbo identified as white (not Hispanic), 12% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 81%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 12%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.8%
    • Two or more races 2.6%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Trumbos

    2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Dalton Trumbo
      American screenwriter (1905–1976)
    • Mark Trumbo
      American baseball player, born 1986

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Trumbo

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

    Questions

    How common is the surname Trumbo?
    1,629 people in the United States had the surname Trumbo in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 189,531 Americans. It ranked 17,345th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Trumbo?
    In the 2010 Census, 81% of people named Trumbo identified as white (not Hispanic), and 12% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Trumbo?
    Dalton Trumbo, American screenwriter (1905–1976), followed by Mark Trumbo.
    Where is the surname Trumbo most common?
    Wikidata records people named Trumbo in the United States.
    Is the surname Trumbo getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,597 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,629 in 2010, up 2.0%.