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

Trotsky, 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 Trotsky surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Trotsky in America

Trotsky is the 158432nd most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Trotsky surname appeared 102 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 Trotsky.

We can also compare 2010 data for Trotsky 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 Trotsky

The surname Trotsky has its origins in Russia, dating back to the late 16th century. It is believed to have derived from the Russian word "trot," meaning "path" or "trail." This suggests that the name may have initially referred to someone who lived near a well-trodden path or a traveler.

One of the earliest recorded mentions of the name Trotsky can be found in the Velizh census book of 1593, where a person named Trofim Trotsky was listed. The name also appears in the Novgorod tax registers from the 17th century, with various spellings such as Trotskiy and Trotskoi.

In the 18th century, the Trotsky name gained prominence with the birth of Ivan Trotsky (1722-1787), a Russian nobleman and military officer who served under Empress Catherine the Great. His son, Vasily Trotsky (1761-1832), was a renowned writer and historian.

The most famous individual bearing the Trotsky surname is undoubtedly Leon Trotsky (1879-1940), a Marxist revolutionary and theorist who played a leading role in the Bolshevik Revolution of 1917. He served as the People's Commissar for Foreign Affairs and the founder and commander of the Red Army during the early years of the Soviet Union.

Other notable individuals with the Trotsky surname include Natalia Trotsky (1888-1962), the second wife of Leon Trotsky and a prominent Soviet revolutionary in her own right. Lev Davidovich Trotsky (1913-1990) was a Soviet physicist and academic, known for his contributions to the fields of nuclear physics and solid-state physics.

It is worth mentioning that the name Trotsky has also been associated with several place names in Russia. For example, there is a village called Trotskoe in the Voronezh Oblast and a town called Trotsk in the Chelyabinsk Oblast.

While the Trotsky surname has a rich history in Russia, it has also gained recognition worldwide due to the influence and legacy of Leon Trotsky and his involvement in the Russian Revolution and the establishment of the Soviet Union.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Trotsky

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

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 Trotsky 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 Trotsky 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 Trotsky was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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