The surname Trump
A German occupational surname, carried by 3,886 people in the United States.
Pronounced /tɹʌmp/ 1 syllable Soundex T651
Origin
German origin
The surname has two sources. * English (Devon): an occupational name for a trumpeter, from Middle English trumpe (“trumpet”). * German (Bavaria): from German Trump, possibly an occupational name for a drummer, from Middle High German trumbe (“drum”), although the alternative forms Trumpf, Drumpf cannot be derived from this (except by postulating them to be hypercorrections) * The place in Baltimore county was named after settler Simeon Van Trump.
Trump is an occupational surname: named after the work an ancestor did.
One of 1,101 German surnames on this site.
Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 3,886 people named Trump in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 79,451 Americans. That is up 6.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,640.
Who is named Trump
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
96% of people named Trump identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.3% as two or more races.
- White (not Hispanic) 96%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.3%
- Two or more races 1.3%
- Black (not Hispanic) 0.8%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%
Famous Trumps
16 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first
- Ivanka TrumpAmerican businesswoman, socialite and political advisior (born 1981)
- Donald Trump Jr.American businessman and reality television personality (born 1977)
- Tiffany TrumpAmerican socialite, research assistant and reality television personality (born 1993)
- Fred TrumpAmerican real estate developer; father of Donald Trump (1905–1999)
- Eric TrumpAmerican businessman and reality television personality (born 1984)
- Frederick TrumpAmerican businessman (1869–1918)
- Maryanne Trump BarryAmerican judge (1937–2023)
- Mary L. TrumpAmerican psychologist and writer (born 1965)
- John G. TrumpAmerican electrical engineer (1907–1985)
- Lara TrumpAmerican television producer and campaign adviser (born 1982)
- Robert TrumpAmerican businessman (1948–2020)
- Vanessa TrumpAmerican socialite and model, ex-wife of Donald Trump Jr. (born 1977)
Spellings and sound-alikes
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Trump has the Soundex code T651, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code T651.
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Questions
- Where does the surname Trump come from?
- The surname has two sources. * English (Devon): an occupational name for a trumpeter, from Middle English trumpe (“trumpet”). * German (Bavaria): from German Trump, possibly an occupational name for a drummer, from Middle High German trumbe (“drum”), although the alternative forms Trumpf, Drumpf…
- How common is the surname Trump?
- 3,886 people in the United States had the surname Trump in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 79,451 Americans. It ranked 8,484th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Trump?
- In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Trump identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
- Who is the most famous person named Trump?
- Ivanka Trump, American businesswoman, socialite and political advisior (born 1981), followed by Donald Trump Jr..
- Where is the surname Trump most common?
- Wikidata records people named Trump in the United States.
- How do you pronounce Trump?
- Trump is /tɹʌmp/, one syllable.
- What type of surname is Trump?
- Trump is an occupational surname, named after the work an ancestor did.
- Is the surname Trump getting more or less common?
- More common. 3,640 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,886 in 2010, up 6.8%.