Trott Surname

34,324th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 15,443 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Bermuda

Trott Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Troit' or Trote or Troyt. One of the forms of Trude, found in such compounds as Ger-trude, Hil-trude; formerly a name of itself. Hence 'Dame Trott' in the nursery rhyme (v.

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Trott Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States5,6631:64,0057,498
England3,8071:14,6362,160
Australia1,6001:16,8722,376
Germany1,4021:57,4227,428
Bermuda7481:873
Canada6431:57,3036,775
Wales3911:7,914881
New Zealand3441:13,1642,293
Brazil2281:938,92333,517
South Africa1271:426,59636,772
Poland581:655,32357,058
Netherlands421:402,07642,431
Dominican Republic391:267,5119,432
Suriname381:14,5433,502
Scotland361:148,7178,826
Russia241:6,005,127248,576
India231:33,350,669396,143
Thailand201:3,531,917315,217
Jersey201:4,960981
Spain141:3,339,43167,428
Singapore131:423,66918,211
Jamaica131:220,7656,223
Switzerland111:746,62949,719
Malaysia111:2,681,293102,971
Sweden91:1,094,08481,336
Aruba91:11,4971,511
Northern Ireland81:230,63010,839
United Arab Emirates81:1,145,28440,289
Austria81:1,064,42975,134
Japan71:18,263,47047,869
Haiti61:1,780,65114,597
Philippines61:16,873,037249,062
British Virgin Islands51:6,319600
France51:13,284,544357,392
Hong Kong41:1,833,8716,220
Czechia41:2,658,367127,801
Guernsey41:16,1101,225
Italy31:20,385,563143,117
Zimbabwe31:5,146,080115,446
Mexico31:41,375,40271,397
Georgia21:1,872,77235,618
Argentina21:21,371,707253,176
Ukraine21:22,761,348425,733
Taiwan21:11,722,37363,559
China21:683,660,78330,601
Algeria11:38,631,551130,422
Bangladesh11:159,356,77326,077
Vietnam11:92,646,0548,382
Belarus11:9,501,059159,228
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
Cayman Islands11:63,8932,384
Sudan11:37,510,19514,259
Colombia11:47,774,07244,230
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
Cook Islands11:18,1791,485
Cuba11:11,522,71617,380
Cyprus11:884,87613,055
Saint Kitts and Nevis11:55,1991,294
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048
East Timor11:1,215,928507
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220
Oman11:3,687,97114,390
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Lebanon11:5,637,08332,436
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Kazakhstan11:17,682,496204,010
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PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland211:210,9469,809
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1,8551:13,1401,984
Wales1171:13,405798
Scotland71:534,74514,325
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1,1031:45,5295,264

Trott (32) may also be a first name.

Trott Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Troit' or Trote or Troyt. One of the forms of Trude, found in such compounds as Ger-trude, Hil-trude; formerly a name of itself. Hence 'Dame Trott' in the nursery rhyme (v. Yonge, ii. 235-6). The name is frequently found in the Exchequer Lay Subsidies, Somerset.

'Edward III, and in various forms is still familiar to that county. Speaking generally, the surname has steadily settled down into Trott Robertus fit Troite, 7 Henry II, Pipe Roll.

Robert fil. Trote, 1165: The Pipe Rolls, or Sheriff's Annual Accounts of the Counties of Cumberland, Westmorland and Durham during the reigns of Henry II, Richard I and John.

Richard fil. Truite, 1179: ibid.

The first two probably represent the same individual. I furnish both instances because of the twofold spelling. It will be well to furnish some early variants:

Nicholas Truhyt, Somerset, l Edward III: Kirby's Quest.

Thomas Troht, Somerset, 1 Edward III: ibid.

Robert Trote, Somerset, 1 Edward III: ibid.

Thomas Trut, Somerset, 1 Edward III: ibid.

Robert Tryut, Somerset, 1 Edward III:

Philip Troyt, Norfolk, ibid.

Jefthe French Trote, bailiff of Yarmouth, 1340: History of Norfolk.

1661. Married — William Fitter and Jane Trott: St. Michael, Cornhill.

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

(Teutonic) the 14th cent. Trot(e, Trut, Trout, etc., 13th cent. Trot(e, Troyt, 12th cent. Trote, Troite, Truite, Anglo-Saxon Trot(a (not common) = Beloved, Dear; Friend [Forms of the Middle High German and O.H.Ger. trût (subs. and adj.), dear, beloved, friend (Mod. Ger. traut): cp. Middle High German trohtín, a variant of truhtîn, lord, prince. The compds. formed with trut- in M. H. Ger. are numerous] Trottuc [-uc diminutive suff.] occurs as the name of a swineherd of Ecgwine, bishop of Worcester, d. A.D. 71 7/8.

— Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

(English) Descendant of Trott (defiance).

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

1. See Trotman. 2. Mr. Ferguson deduces it from the German traut, dear; Low German, drud, dear, beloved.

— Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

From the Old Norse, Tnidr; from the Dutch, Trots; from the Swedish, Trotz; a personal name.

— British Family Names: Their Origin and Meaning (1903) by Henry Barber

The Trotts are now established in the neighbouring districts of Honiton and Cullompton. John Trott, one of the martyrs of Monmouth's rebellion in 1685, died on the scaffold at Bridgewater ("Western Martyrology").

— Homes of Family Names in Great Britain (1890) by Henry Brougham Guppy
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Trott Demographics

Trott Religious Adherence
in Ireland

Sample size: 21 (1901)

Religious Adherence
in Ireland

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Trott Last Name Facts

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

The last name Trott (Russian: Тротт) occurs in The United States more than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of Trott.

How Common Is The Last Name Trott? popularity and diffusion

Trott is the 34,324th most frequently used last name on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 471,900 people. The last name is primarily found in The Americas, where 44 percent of Trott live; 41 percent live in North America and 41 percent live in Anglo-North America. Trott is also the 1,840,253rd most frequently held first name in the world, held by 32 people.

The surname is most commonly used in The United States, where it is borne by 5,663 people, or 1 in 64,005. In The United States it is primarily found in: California, where 8 percent live, Florida, where 7 percent live and Texas, where 6 percent live. Beside The United States this surname is found in 70 countries. It is also found in England, where 25 percent live and Australia, where 10 percent live.

Trott Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Trott has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the last name expanded 513 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it expanded 205 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it expanded 334 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it expanded 514 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it fell 95 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Trott Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the last name is chiefly Catholic (67%) in Ireland.

In The United States those holding the Trott last name are 11.23% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 58% being registered to vote for the party.

The amount Trott earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 112.37% more than the national average, earning R 504,672 per year; in United States they earn 3.92% more than the national average, earning $44,840 USD per year and in Canada they earn 3.17% more than the national average, earning $51,258 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Troutt912,618/
Trotte91429/
Trotts9150/
Troott912/
Thrott912/
Trotth912/
Troitt911/
Troett911/
Truott910/
Trot89527/
Troutte8330/
Troitte833/
Trostte831/
Troutht831/
Trout8020,132/
Trost8017,446/
Trots802,628/
Troth802,242/
Trotz801,012/
Trošt80695/
Trutt80656/
Tratt80553/
Trote80159/
Troit8042/
Troot8024/
Trodt8020/
Troet8013/
Throt805/
Truot803/
Troyt801/
Dtrot801/
Tro753,834/
Truitt7312,845/
Troost735,635/
Troudt73504/
Troute73211/
Trouth73198/
Trautt73140/
Troszt73116/
Troeth7374/
Trothe7364/
Trouts7347/
Troust7336/
Trotch7336/
Troite7320/
Troste7313/
Troote7312/
Trosst736/
Troits735/
Thratt734/
Treutt734/
Trutte734/
Throot733/
Tratte733/
Tratts733/
Trooth732/
Throth731/
Trustt731/
Trocht731/
Troist731/
Throte731/
Throut731/
Troyte730/
Throst730/
Troith730/
Troy6719,708/
Troh678,935/
Troi671,445/
Troć671,156/
Trop671,092/
Trut67982/
Trou67938/
Tros67538/
Trgo67484/
Trat67448/
Thro67427/
Troß67241/
Troa67241/
Trod67225/
Troz67172/
Truitte6736/
Troo6725/
Trho6716/
Tréhout679/
Troş675/
Trotsch674/
Trautte673/
Thrutte672/
Truo672/
Trro672/
Trzo672/
Dtro672/
Trotova671/
Trouthe671/
Trruitt671/
Truitts671/
Threutt671/
Throoth671/
Troutch671/
Troscht671/
Trostch671/
Troś671/
Troj671/
Thrautt670/
Trustte670/
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Trott Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Trott in the Russian language
Троттtrott-

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