The Trinidad surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 13,474 people carried this name — #2,677 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 21,900 people counted. That is up 46% from 9,228 in 2000.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 7,826 people named Trinidad 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 83 people named Trinidad.
19 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 17 départements, most often Vaucluse.
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 Switzerland’s population statistics
52 people named Trinidad live in Switzerland.
They live in 10 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
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
Trinidad in American newspapers,
1895–1911.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 253,675 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Trinidad,
with a public archive behind them.
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Nitza Morán 1970– · politician -
Remedios Romuáldez 1902–1938
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Koko Trinidad 1915–2001 · business executive
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Wenceslao Trinidad 1933–2016 · lawyer
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Corky Trinidad 1939–2009 · cartoonist
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Noel Trinidad 1941– · actor
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Trinidad.
- Trigo 1,259 · U.S. census
- Trimborn 218 · U.S. census
- Trimbur 313 · U.S. census
- Trinca 260 · U.S. census
- Trindade 651 · U.S. census
- Trinh 15,392 · U.S. census
- Trinque 249 · U.S. census
- Triolo 1,514 · U.S. census
- Triplet 523 · U.S. census
- Tripodi 1,369 · U.S. census
- Tripoli 1,100 · U.S. census
- Tristan 4,642 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Trinidad is.
A volume says what happened to it.
Every page in the index is free and stays free. The Heritage Volume is the long form: the full paper trail, the arms, the crossing — bound, and yours.