# Truss (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/truss/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname from Old French.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | French |
| Type | occupational, named after the work an ancestor did |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 2,297 |
| US rank (2010) | 13,278 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 134,413 people |
| Change since 2000 | +8.1% (2,124 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

From Old French trousse (“bundle, pack”), a metonymic occupational surname for a peddler.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Truss in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 31% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 62% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.9% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.3% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.6% |
| Two or more races | 4.0% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Truss in Australia.

## People named Truss

- Warren Truss, Australian politician, 16th Deputy Prime Minister of Australia

## Similar surnames

Tress, Thrush, Torres, Trejo, Tracy, Torrez, Turk, Trice, Tracey, Trask, Truax, Thrash.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.