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    The surname Trumbull

    A surname, carried by 2,290 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex T651

    Trumbull: #13,322 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Trumbull #13,322, 2,290 people Trumbull: #13,322 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Trumbull #13,322, 2,290 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Trumbull is more common than 91.8% of them.

    Origin

    Possibly a variant of Trumble.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,290 people named Trumbull in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 134,823 Americans. That is down 2.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,340.

    #13,322
    rank among US surnames
    2,290
    people in 2010
    0.8
    per 100,000 Americans
    -2.1%
    change since 2000 (was #12,206)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #13,316Edler2,291134,765
    #13,322Trumbull2,290134,823
    #13,326Lamotte2,289134,882
    #13,330Bothwell2,288134,941

    Who is named Trumbull

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

    93% of people named Trumbull identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.2% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 93%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.7%
    • Two or more races 2.2%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.9%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Trumbulls

    5 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • John Trumbull
      American artist (1756–1843)
    • Douglas Trumbull
      American film director, special effects designer (1942–2022)
    • John Trumbull
      American poet (1750–1831)
    • Lyman Trumbull
      American politician (1813–1896)
    • James Hammond Trumbull
      American historian (1821–1897)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Trumbull

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

    Questions

    Where does the surname Trumbull come from?
    Possibly a variant of Trumble.
    How common is the surname Trumbull?
    2,290 people in the United States had the surname Trumbull in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 134,823 Americans. It ranked 13,322nd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Trumbull?
    In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Trumbull identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Who is the most famous person named Trumbull?
    John Trumbull, American artist (1756–1843), followed by Douglas Trumbull.
    Where is the surname Trumbull most common?
    Wikidata records people named Trumbull in the United States.
    Is the surname Trumbull getting more or less common?
    Less common. 2,340 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,290 in 2010, down 2.1%.