The Traina surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,850 people carried this name — #15,758 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 158,700 people counted. That is up 3% from 1,792 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Traina surname
Habitational surname Italianized after Sicilian Trajina, the Sicilian endonym of the homonymous town.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Traina» (Italian), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 156 people named Traina live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Buenos Aires Province.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 110 people named Traina.
Most of them — 73 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 16 départements, most often Paris.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 107 people named Traina live in Belgium.
Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Hainaut.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
77 people named Traina live in Switzerland.
They live in 7 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Basel-Landschaft.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In print
Traina in American newspapers,
1863–1929.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 54,540 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Traina,
with a public archive behind them.
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Calogero Traina 1919–2001 · politician -
Calogero Traina 1919–2001 · politician
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Francesco Traina 1578–1651 · Catholic priest
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Francesco Maria Traina 1838–1911 · Catholic priest
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Giuseppe Traina 1889–1958 · politician
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Giuseppe Traina 1889–1958 · politician
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Traina.
- Traber 414 · U.S. census
- Trabucco 699 · U.S. census
- Tracz 411 · U.S. census
- Trad 363 · U.S. census
- Trahin 132 · U.S. census
- Train 823 · U.S. census
- Traini 237 · U.S. census
- Tramont 104 · U.S. census
- Tramontin 137 · U.S. census
- Tran 188,498 · U.S. census
- Tranchida 236 · U.S. census
- Tranel 226 · U.S. census
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