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UK surname

Trump

A surname derived from the word for "trumpet," likely referring to a trumpeter or an aggressive, boastful person.

In the 1881 census there were 446 people recorded with the Trump surname, ranking it #7,361 among surnames in the records. By 2016, the modern count was 491, ranked #10,116, down from #7,361 in 1881.

The strongest historical links point to Bristol City: St Mary Redcliff, London parishes and Corfe, Orchard Pitman. In the modern distribution records, the strongest local clusters include East Devon, Mid Devon and Taunton Deane.

Across the surname records, the highest recorded count for Trump is 569 in 1911. Compared with 1881, the name has grown by 10.1%.

1881 census count

446

Ranked #7,361

Modern count

491

2016, ranked #10,116

Peak year

1911

569 bearers

Map years

9

1851 to 2016

Key insights

  • Trump had 446 recorded bearers in 1881, making it the #7,361 surname in that year.
  • The latest modern count shown here is 491 in 2016, ranked #10,116.
  • Within the historical census years, the highest count was 569 in 1911.
  • The contemporary neighbourhood profile most associated with the surname is Rural Amenity.

Trump surname distribution map

The map shows where the Trump surname is concentrated in each census or modern distribution year. Darker areas mean a stronger local concentration.

Distribution map

Trump surname density by area, 1881 census.

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Timeline

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Trump over time

The table below tracks recorded surname counts and rank from the 19th-century census years through the modern adult-register period.

Year Period Count Rank
1851 historical 369 #6,443
1861 historical 323 #7,888
1881 historical 446 #7,361
1891 historical 460 #7,953
1901 historical 516 #7,866
1911 historical 569 #7,112
1997 modern 482 #9,567
1998 modern 507 #9,486
1999 modern 494 #9,752
2000 modern 493 #9,736
2001 modern 483 #9,709
2002 modern 482 #9,906
2003 modern 471 #9,902
2004 modern 484 #9,729
2005 modern 457 #10,100
2006 modern 454 #10,180
2007 modern 447 #10,388
2008 modern 435 #10,735
2009 modern 448 #10,719
2010 modern 453 #10,858
2011 modern 457 #10,651
2012 modern 457 #10,548
2013 modern 463 #10,602
2014 modern 458 #10,749
2015 modern 464 #10,586
2016 modern 491 #10,116

Geography

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Where Trumps are most common

Historical parish links are strongest around Bristol City: St Mary Redcliff, London parishes, Corfe, Orchard Pitman, Staple Fitzpaine, Bickenhall, Curland,Hatch Beauchamp, Isle Abbots, Isle Brewers, Bredon, Puckington and Beaminster. These are the places where the surname stands out most clearly in the older records.

The modern local-area list points to East Devon, Mid Devon and Taunton Deane. Treat these as concentration signals, not proof that every family line began there.

Some modern areas include a three-digit suffix, such as Leeds 110. The suffix is a small-area code, so it stays in the table while the prose uses the plain place name.

Top historical parishes

Rank Parish Area
1 Bristol City: St Mary Redcliff Gloucestershire
2 London parishes London 1
3 Corfe, Orchard Pitman Somerset
4 Staple Fitzpaine, Bickenhall, Curland,Hatch Beauchamp, Isle Abbots, Isle Brewers, Bredon, Puckington Somerset
5 Beaminster Dorset

Top modern areas

Rank Area District
1 East Devon 006 East Devon
2 Mid Devon 004 Mid Devon
3 Taunton Deane 003 Taunton Deane
4 Mid Devon 006 Mid Devon
5 Taunton Deane 007 Taunton Deane

Forenames

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First names often paired with Trump

These lists show first names that appear often with the Trump surname in historical and recent records.

Modern profile

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Neighbourhood profile for Trump

Modern surname records can be compared with neighbourhood classifications. For Trump, this points to the kinds of places where the surname is most concentrated today.

These neighbourhood labels describe areas, not individual people. They are useful because surnames often cluster through family history, migration, housing patterns and local work. A surname can be strongest in one type of neighbourhood even when people with that name live across the country.

The UK classification gives the national picture. The London classification is more specific to the capital, where housing, age profile, tenure and population mix can look quite different from the rest of the UK.

UK neighbourhood type

UK Output Area Classification

Supergroup

Suburbanites and Peri-Urbanities

Group

Rural Amenity

Nationally, the Trump surname is most associated with neighbourhoods classed as Rural Amenity, within Suburbanites and Peri-Urbanities. This does not mean every Trump household fits that profile, but it gives a useful signal about where the modern surname distribution is strongest.

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Group profile

This Group comprises older parents or retirees, with no resident dependent children, and with the lowest residential densities in this Supergroup. Predominantly UK-born, residents typically live in detached houses, although others do live in semi-detached and terraced properties. The level of multiple car ownership is the highest in this Supergroup. Most houses are owner occupied although social renting is also present. Many concentrations occur in high amenity rural locations, such as Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty.

Wider pattern

Pervasive throughout the UK, members of this Supergroup typically own (or are buying) their detached, semi-detached or terraced homes. They are also typically educated to A Level/Highers or degree level and work in skilled or professional occupations. Typically born in the UK, some families have children, although the median adult age is above 45 and some property has become under-occupied after children have left home. This Supergroup is pervasive not only in suburban locations, but also in neighbourhoods at or beyond the edge of cities that adjoin rural parts of the country.

London neighbourhood type

London Output Area Classification

Supergroup

Young Families and Mainstream Employment

Group

Terraced and Semi-Detached Suburbs

Within London, Trump is most associated with areas classed as Terraced and Semi-Detached Suburbs, part of Young Families and Mainstream Employment. This gives the surname a London-specific profile rather than forcing the capital into the same pattern as the rest of the country.

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Group profile

Mainly concentrated in suburban areas, these terraced and semi-detached developments are less overcrowded than the Supergroup average, and resident households are more likely to own two or more cars. There are fewer residents aged 25-44, and a larger share of residents employed in administrative and secretarial occupations. Residents are more likely to have been born in the UK, less likely to have been born in the EU or Africa, and much less likely to self-identify as Bangladeshi.

Wider London pattern

Many families in these neighbourhoods have young children. Housing is principally in the social rented sector, in terraced or semi-detached units. While over-all residential densities are low, overcrowding is also prevalent locally. Residents are drawn from a range of ethnic minorities, with many identifying as Black and above average numbers born in Africa. Numbers identifying as of Chinese, Indian or White ethnicity are below average. Levels of proficiency in English are below average. Levels of separation or divorce and incidence of disability are both above average. Education is typically limited to Level 1, 2, or apprenticeship qualifications. Few residents work in professional or managerial occupations but the employment structure is otherwise diverse: it includes skilled trades, caring, leisure and other service occupations, sales and customer service occupations, construction, and work as process, plant, and machine operatives.

Healthy neighbourhoods

Access to healthy assets and hazards

Trump is most concentrated in decile 7 for access to healthy assets and hazards. This places the surname near the middle of the scale.

Lower deciles point towards weaker access to healthy assets or stronger exposure to local hazards. Higher deciles point towards stronger access and fewer hazards.

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Lower access Higher access

Neighbourhood deprivation

Index of Multiple Deprivation

Trump falls in decile 6 for neighbourhood deprivation. This puts the surname near the middle of the scale.

Decile 1 represents the more deprived end of the scale. Decile 10 represents the less deprived end.

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More deprived Less deprived

Broadband speed

Fixed broadband download speed

The modern neighbourhood pattern for Trump is most associated with a typical fixed broadband download band of 30-40 mbit/s.

The scale below places that band in context, from slower local download bands through to faster ones.

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Slower band Faster band

Area snapshot

Ethnic group estimate

Most common ethnic group estimate
White - British

This describes the area pattern most associated with Trump, not the ethnicity of every person with the surname.

Meaning and origin of Trump

The surname Trump is an English surname derived from the Old German word "trompe" or "trombe", meaning a wind instrument or trumpet. It originated in the region of Saxony in present-day Germany, where the name first appeared in records dating back to the 13th century.

The earliest known bearer of the name was a man named Trompe von Rickenbach, who was listed in a tax register in the town of Zweibrücken in 1292. Over the next few centuries, the name spread throughout Germany and neighboring regions, with various spellings such as Trumme, Trompe, and Trumpe.

One of the earliest recorded instances of the name in England appears in the 1487 Subsidy Rolls of Suffolk, where a John Trompe is listed as a resident of Bury St. Edmunds. By the 16th century, the spelling had evolved to the modern form of Trump, and the name had become firmly established in parts of England, particularly in the counties of Devon and Somerset.

One notable early bearer of the Trump surname was William Trump, a merchant and landowner who lived in Glastonbury, Somerset, in the late 16th century. He is mentioned in several local records from the time, including a 1597 deed granting him land in the nearby village of West Pennard.

In the 17th century, the name appears in the records of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, indicating that some Trump families had emigrated to the American colonies. One of the earliest known Trump settlers was Matthias Trump, who arrived in Pennsylvania from Germany in 1675 and established a homestead in what is now Montgomery County.

Another prominent figure in the history of the Trump surname was John Trump, a Scottish philosopher and writer who was born in Stonehaven, Kincardineshire, in 1756. He studied at the University of Aberdeen and later became a professor of philosophy at the United College, St. Andrews.

Throughout the 18th and 19th centuries, the Trump surname continued to be found in various parts of the United Kingdom, as well as in the United States and other countries to which English and German immigrants had settled. Notable bearers of the name during this period included Alexander Trump, a Scottish shipbuilder and merchant who lived in Leith, near Edinburgh, in the early 19th century, and Isaac Trump, an American composer and music teacher who was born in Pennsylvania in 1834.

Sourced from namecensus.com.

1881 census detail

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Trump families in the 1881 census

These tables use 1881 census entries for people recorded with the Trump surname. Use the location tables for concentration, then the name and occupation tables for the people behind the surname.

Top counties

Total is the county count. Frequency and index adjust for local population size, so they are better concentration signals. Somerset leads with 99 Trumps recorded in 1881 and an index of 13.74x.

County Total Index
Somerset 99 13.74x
Devon 85 9.12x
Gloucestershire 55 6.26x
Middlesex 46 1.03x
Dorset 44 14.97x
Monmouthshire 31 9.58x
Surrey 24 1.10x
Channel Islands 14 10.55x
Lancashire 12 0.23x
Staffordshire 11 0.73x
Kent 8 0.52x
Hampshire 6 0.65x
Cumberland 5 1.30x
Hertfordshire 4 1.30x
Wiltshire 4 1.01x
Essex 3 0.34x
Sussex 3 0.40x
Angus 1 0.24x
Glamorgan 1 0.13x
Renfrewshire 1 0.29x
Royal Navy 1 1.87x
Warwickshire 1 0.09x

Top districts and towns

Districts give a more local view than counties. Total shows raw records, while frequency and index show local concentration. Beaminster in Dorset leads with 15 Trumps recorded in 1881 and an index of 458.72x.

Place Total Index
Beaminster 15 458.72x
Westbury On Severn East 14 70.53x
Chelsea London 12 8.89x
Walsall Foreign 11 14.09x
Aberystruth 10 35.05x
Allington 10 381.68x
Bedminster 10 14.77x
Kensington London 10 4.02x
Paddington London 10 6.07x
Bristol St Philip Jacob 9 10.89x
Corfe 9 1525.42x
East Budleigh 9 205.01x
Orchard Portman 9 10000.00x
Yeovil 9 61.48x
Bridport 8 132.23x
Clifton 8 18.02x
St Peter Port 8 32.60x
Taunton St James 8 76.12x
Bristol St Peter 7 222.93x
Burstock 7 2413.79x
Croydon 7 5.78x
Parr 7 36.82x
Trull 7 476.19x
Whimple 7 679.61x
Bedwellty 6 10.50x
Bermondsey 6 4.50x
Newport 6 38.86x
Silverton 6 309.28x
Westbury On Trym 6 20.17x
Clist Hydon 5 1190.48x
Exeter St Mary Major 5 88.97x
Exeter St Sidwell 5 23.43x
Shoreditch London 5 2.58x
Southampton St Mary 5 8.66x
St Helier 5 11.58x
St Woollos 5 13.84x
Stoke St Mary 5 1428.57x
Ashill 4 555.56x
Barnstaple 4 27.34x
Bristol St Thomas 4 400.00x
Broad Clist 4 124.22x
Dartford 4 25.61x
Exeter St Thomas The 4 42.11x
Hulme 4 3.61x
Lambeth 4 1.02x
North Curry 4 163.27x
North Petherton 4 68.85x
Sidmouth 4 75.05x
South Petherton 4 107.53x
Swindon 4 13.03x
Ware 4 45.20x
Westminster St John 4 7.34x
Battersea 3 1.82x
Bradninch 3 114.07x
Bridgewater 3 15.33x
Broadhembury 3 288.46x
Camberwell 3 1.05x
Chard 3 34.36x
Curland 3 1034.48x
Egremont 3 32.64x
Exeter St Mary Steps 3 142.86x
Greenwich 3 4.21x
Ilton 3 447.76x
Plymouth St Andrew 3 4.18x
Trevethin 3 9.81x
Withycombe Rawleigh 3 61.73x
Beckermet St John 2 208.33x
Bishops Hull 2 85.84x
Brighton 2 1.31x
Bristol St James In 2 15.49x
Cullompton 2 49.14x
Hatch Beauchamp 2 357.14x
Langport Eastover 2 192.31x
Pitminster 2 94.34x
Stoke Abbott 2 238.10x
Taunton St Mary 2 15.12x
Wells St Cuthbert Out 2 34.48x
West Ham 2 1.03x
Horfield 1 11.31x
Liff Benvie 1 1.59x

Top female names

These are the female first names most often recorded with the Trump surname in 1881. Names are not merged, so initials, variant spellings and transcription quirks can appear as separate rows.

Name Count
Mary 46
Jane 16
Sarah 15
Elizabeth 12
Ann 10
Annie 8
Ellen 8
Emily 7
Charlotte 6
Louisa 6
Alice 5
Anna 5
Caroline 4
Catherine 4
Eliza 4
Martha 4
Ruth 4
Ada 3
Clara 3
Fanny 3
Laura 3
Rosa 3
Amy 2
Beatrice 2
Bessie 2
Emma 2
Florence 2
Frances 2
Harriet 2
Julia 2
Lucy 2
Matilda 2
Petronella 2
Rachel 2
Rosina 2
Alethea 1
Blanch 1
Deborah 1
Dorothy 1
Elmina 1
Esther 1
Evely 1
Infant 1
Lillian 1
Lizzie 1
Lydia 1
Margaret 1
Margret 1
Marian 1
Susan 1

Top male names

These are the male first names most often recorded with the Trump surname in 1881. Names are not merged, so initials, variant spellings and transcription quirks can appear as separate rows.

Name Count
William 27
John 24
James 18
George 16
Henry 15
Thomas 12
Robert 10
Frederick 7
Edward 6
Richard 6
Samuel 6
Walter 6
Daniel 5
Albert 4
Alfred 4
Arthur 4
Charles 4
Edmund 3
Edwin 3
Isaac 3
Joseph 3
Anthony 2
Francis 2
Fred 2
Herbert 2
Sidney 2
Cornelius 1
Darius 1
Eli 1
Elizabeth 1
Ernest 1
Esau 1
Frances 1
Fredk. 1
Fredrick 1
Garge 1
Harry 1
Henery 1
Hubert 1
Lewis 1
Mathew 1
Matthew 1
Micheal 1
Reuben 1
Robt. 1
Silvestor 1
Simeon 1
Theophilus 1
Thos. 1
Willm.Jno. 1

FAQ

Trump surname: questions and answers

How common was the Trump surname in 1881?

In 1881, 446 people were recorded with the Trump surname. That placed it at #7,361 in the surname rankings for that year.

How common is the Trump surname today?

The latest modern count shown here is 491 in 2016. That gives Trump a modern rank of #10,116.

What does the Trump surname mean?

A surname derived from the word for "trumpet," likely referring to a trumpeter or an aggressive, boastful person.

What does the Trump map show?

The map shows local surname concentration for the selected year. Darker areas have a stronger concentration of Trump bearers relative to the surrounding population.

What records is this surname page based on?

The historical counts come from census surname records. The modern counts and neighbourhood summaries come from later surname distribution records. Counts are recorded bearers in those records, not a live estimate of everyone with the name today.