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

Truax, 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 Truax surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Truax in America

Truax is the 5799th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Truax surname appeared 5,968 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 2 people would have the surname Truax.

We can also compare 2010 data for Truax 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 Truax

The surname Truax is a French name that originates from the region of Normandy in the north of France. It is derived from the Old French word "truand" which means "vagabond" or "beggar". This suggests that the name was likely given to someone who lived a nomadic or wandering lifestyle in the Middle Ages.

One of the earliest recorded instances of the name can be found in the Domesday Book of 1086, a comprehensive survey of land ownership and taxation commissioned by William the Conqueror. In this document, the name appears as "Truant", which is an early variant spelling.

As the name spread across Europe, it evolved into various forms such as Truau, Truaux, Truant, and eventually Truax. This diversity in spelling was common in those times due to inconsistencies in record-keeping and regional dialects.

One notable figure with the surname Truax was Jean Truax, a French explorer and cartographer who was born in 1675 in Rouen, Normandy. He is credited with mapping the Mississippi River and parts of the Great Lakes region in the early 18th century.

Another individual of significance was Marie-Louise Truax (1747-1819), a French painter and engraver who became renowned for her portraits and landscape paintings during the late 18th century.

In the 19th century, a prominent Truax was Charles Truax (1819-1892), an American politician and lawyer who served as the Mayor of Chicago from 1857 to 1858.

The name Truax can also be traced to certain place names in France, such as the village of Truaux in the department of Indre-et-Loire, which likely derived its name from the surname itself.

In the early 20th century, one of the most notable individuals with the Truax surname was Douglas Truax (1889-1965), an American writer and journalist who covered World War I and later became a prominent author of historical novels and biographies.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Truax

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

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

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