Find out how popular the last name Traughber is in the United States and learn more about the meaning, history, and race and ethnic origin of people in America who are named Traughber.

Traughber, like all of the last names we have data for, is identified by the U.S. Census Bureau as a surname which has more than 100 occurrences in the United States in the Decennial Census survey. The most recent statistics we have for the Traughber surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Traughber in America

Traughber is the 22281st most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Traughber surname appeared 1,157 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 people would have the surname Traughber.

We can also compare 2010 data for Traughber to data from the previous census in 2000. The table below contains all of the statistics for both years in a side-by-side comparison.

The history of the last name Traughber

The surname Traughber is believed to have originated in the region of Bavaria, Germany, during the late Middle Ages, around the 14th or 15th century. It is thought to have derived from an old Germanic word "trog," meaning a trough or valley, combined with the suffix "-ber," which denotes a person or place associated with a particular feature.

One of the earliest recorded instances of the name can be found in a 16th-century manuscript from the town of Nuremberg, which mentions a certain Hanns Traughber, a merchant and landowner. This suggests that the name was already well-established in the region by that time.

In the 17th century, the name appears in various records from the Bavarian towns of Augsburg and Munich, indicating that families bearing the Traughber surname had spread across the region. One notable figure from this period is Johann Traughber (1620-1687), a respected craftsman and woodcarver who contributed to the decoration of several churches in southern Germany.

As the centuries passed, some members of the Traughber family immigrated to other parts of Europe and eventually to the Americas. In the late 18th century, a man named Friedrich Traughber (1755-1832) settled in Pennsylvania, becoming one of the earliest known Traughbers in the United States.

Another prominent individual with this surname was the German philosopher and theologian Karl Traughber (1785-1859), who taught at the University of Jena and wrote influential works on ethics and metaphysics.

In the 19th century, the Traughber name can be found in various historical records from regions like Saxony and Thuringia in Germany, as well as in areas of what is now Austria and Switzerland. One notable figure from this time was the Austrian artist and illustrator Emilie Traughber (1828-1901), whose drawings and etchings were widely admired.

Throughout its history, the Traughber surname has also been associated with various place names, such as Traughbertal (Traughber Valley) and Traughberg (Traughber Mountain), both of which are located in the German state of Bavaria.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Traughber

We also have some data on the ancestry of people with the surname Traughber.

The below race categories are the modified race categories used in the Census Bureau's population estimates program. All people were categorized into six mutually exclusive racial and Hispanic origin groups:

1. White only
2. Black only
3. American Indian and Alaskan Native only
4. Asian and Pacific Islander only
5. Hispanic
6. Two or More Races

For the most recent 2010 census data, the race/ethnic origin breakdown for Traughber was:

Note: Any fields showing (S) means the data was suppressed for privacy so that the data does not in any way identify any specific individuals.

Since we have data from the previous census in 2000, we can also compare the values to see how the popularity of Traughber has changed in the 10 years between the two census surveys.

Data source

The last name data and ethnic breakdown of last names is sourced directly from the Decennial Census survey, conducted every 10 years by the United States Census Bureau.

The history and meaning of the name Traughber was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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