Trump (surname)


Trump is a surname of English and German origin:
The majority of people with the surname live in the United States ; the surname does survive in both Germany and England, but is comparatively rare.

German surname

German name researcher Hans Bahlow derived the German surname Trump from a Bavarian word for "drum".
Trump as a contemporary German surname is comparatively rare, with 382 telephone book entries as of 2016 concentrated in the Cologne area, the Bad Dürkheim district, the Gifhorn district, and the Schwäbisch Hall/Ansbach region.
The German surname was introduced to the British colonial Province of Pennsylvania in 1733.
Philip Thomas Trump was recorded as part of a group of Germans from the Palatinate.
In the United States, there were close to 4,800 individuals with the surname on record as of 2016, Pennsylvania still accounting for close to one fifth of their number.

English surname

The modern English surnames Trump, Tromp, and Trumper are derived from occupational names referring to "trumpet", either for trumpeters or trumpet-makers.
Early attestations of the occupational name include references to one Patrick Trumpe in Cumbria, to Adam Trumpur in Essex, and to Nicholas Trump in Cambridgeshire.
One William Trompeur is recorded in London in 1320, and one John le Trumpour in Yorkshire in 1327.
One of the Monmouth rebels transported to the West Indies in 1685 was Humphrey Trump of Membury, Devon.
In modern English surnames Trump is localized in Southwestern England, especially Devon and Somerset.
429 individuals named Trump were reported for Great Britain as of 2016.

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