Trimble Surname

20,204th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 27,069 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Northern Ireland

Trimble Surname Definition:

Variants of the border name of Turnbull (which see), found in Cumberland.

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Trimble Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States21,9881:16,4842,090
Canada1,7011:21,6612,971
Australia1,0821:24,9503,405
England8531:65,3207,596
Northern Ireland7401:2,493510
Ireland1671:28,1972,561
South Africa1451:373,63933,668
Scotland931:57,5684,778
New Zealand661:68,61110,369
Thailand611:1,158,006169,912
Wales331:93,7747,567
Isle of Man261:3,301713
Mexico161:7,757,88835,569
Switzerland111:746,62949,719
Brazil101:21,407,433350,627
Malaysia81:3,686,778134,908
Ecuador71:2,272,26423,377
Qatar61:393,00055,922
Uruguay61:571,96026,877
United Arab Emirates51:1,832,45558,414
Philippines51:20,247,645262,352
Russia31:48,041,019639,186
Germany31:26,835,153452,368
Israel21:4,278,817136,311
India21:383,532,6911,645,216
Pakistan21:89,321,942157,560
Panama21:1,956,12915,285
Albania21:1,457,02824,967
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Nepal11:28,480,95622,413
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
France11:66,422,722504,397
Bahamas11:391,7512,737
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Benin11:10,335,602103,742
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
Costa Rica11:4,780,06913,345
Cyprus11:884,87613,055
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
El Salvador11:6,343,8888,415
Rwanda11:11,364,9785,947
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Haiti11:10,683,90724,607
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
Iraq11:35,021,65431,813
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Azerbaijan11:9,649,12247,873
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland6231:7,1111,104
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England2051:118,90411,373
Scotland261:143,9706,132
Wales11:1,568,41619,290
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States4,3341:11,5871,507

Trimble (62) may also be a first name.

Trimble Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

Variants of the border name of Turnbull (which see), found in Cumberland.

A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames (1896) by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley

A metathetic form of Turnbull, which see. Janet Trumble in Crosiereige appears in 1674, and John Trimble in Elsrigle, parish of Libbertoun, 1689 (Lanark CR.).

The Surnames of Scotland (1946) by George Fraser Black (1866-1948)

(Anglo-French-Latin) variant of Tremble, q.v.

(English) for Trumble, q.v.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

(English) Dweller near an aspen tree.

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

User-submitted Reference

This family came from Ireland, uncertain where. It came into Antigonish, Canada and the spelling changed to Tramble and Trimble (1830s). It came into Newton, Massachusetts, USA and the spelling changed to Trumbull and Trumble (early 1900s).

- jzacflynn

Trimble Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Trimble Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Trimble has its highest incidence in The United States. It can appear as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Trimble? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 20,204th most widely held surname world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 269,221 people. Trimble occurs mostly in The Americas, where 88 percent of Trimble reside; 87 percent reside in North America and 87 percent reside in Anglo-North America. It is also the 1,246,114th most frequent given name in the world, borne by 62 people.

The last name is most widespread in The United States, where it is borne by 21,988 people, or 1 in 16,484. In The United States Trimble is most frequent in: Texas, where 11 percent live, California, where 9 percent live and Pennsylvania, where 6 percent live. Other than The United States this surname exists in 51 countries. It is also found in Canada, where 6 percent live and Australia, where 4 percent live.

Trimble Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Trimble has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Trimble surname expanded 507 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it expanded 416 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Ireland it decreased 73 percent between 1901 and 2014; in Scotland it expanded 358 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Wales it expanded 3,300 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Trimble Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the Trimble last name is primarily Presbyterian (37%) in Ireland.

In The United States those bearing the Trimble surname are 19.73% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 66.5% being registered to vote for the party.

The amount Trimble earn in different countries varies significantly. In South Africa they earn 28.5% more than the national average, earning R 305,376 per year; in United States they earn 1.77% less than the national average, earning $42,387 USD per year and in Canada they earn 4.67% more than the national average, earning $52,002 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Trimbles934/
Trimblet933/
Trinmble931/
Trimmble931/
Treimble931/
Trimbley931/
Trimbler930/
Trimblle930/
Thrimble930/
Trmble924/
Trimbl921/
Trimblett8883/
Trumble864,690/
Tremble862,569/
Trimbel8623/
Trinble867/
Trimbly864/
Trmbley861/
Trimbil860/
Trembley801,992/
Trumbley80390/
Tremblet80182/
Thrumble80129/
Trimbell80120/
Trumblee80103/
Tremblez8067/
Trembler8059/
Trembles8021/
Treamble801/
Trumblle801/
Triembly801/
Trimblli801/
Tremblej801/
Trinnble800/
Treumble800/
Triombly800/
Trinbley800/
Trimbill800/
Trumblie800/
Trienble800/
Trmbil771/
Tremblett751,176/
Trembly711,043/
Trembla7151/
Trembel7115/
Tremblé713/
Trmblay713/
Trenble712/
Tremblay67120,744/
Trembloy67152/
Trumblay6727/
Tremblai677/
Trembell670/
Trenbler670/

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Trimble Reference & Research

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Turnbull-Trimble-Tru FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.

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