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    The surname Truss

    A French occupational surname, carried by 2,297 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex T620

    Truss: #13,278 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Truss #13,278, 2,297 people Truss: #13,278 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Truss #13,278, 2,297 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Truss is more common than 91.8% of them.

    Origin

    French origin

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

    Truss is an occupational surname: named after the work an ancestor did.

    One of 791 French surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,297 people named Truss in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 134,413 Americans. That is up 8.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,124.

    #13,278
    rank among US surnames
    2,297
    people in 2010
    0.8
    per 100,000 Americans
    +8.1%
    change since 2000 (was #13,187)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #13,271Rodden2,298134,354
    #13,278Balser2,297134,413
    #13,283Chaput2,296134,471

    Who is named Truss

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

    62% of people named Truss identified as Black (not Hispanic), 31% as white (not Hispanic) and 4.0% as two or more races.

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

    Compare: most common surnames among Black Americans.

    Famous Trusss

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Warren Truss
      Australian politician, 16th Deputy Prime Minister of Australia, born 1948

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Truss

    Truss has the Soundex code T620, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code T620.

    Other French surnames

    All 791 French surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Truss come from?
    From Old French trousse (“bundle, pack”), a metonymic occupational surname for a peddler.
    How common is the surname Truss?
    2,297 people in the United States had the surname Truss in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 134,413 Americans. It ranked 13,278th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Truss?
    In the 2010 Census, 62% of people named Truss identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 31% as white (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Truss?
    Warren Truss, Australian politician, 16th Deputy Prime Minister of Australia.
    Where is the surname Truss most common?
    Wikidata records people named Truss in Australia.
    What type of surname is Truss?
    Truss is an occupational surname, named after the work an ancestor did.
    Is the surname Truss getting more or less common?
    More common. 2,124 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,297 in 2010, up 8.1%.