The Tromp surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 519 people carried this name — #41,886 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 555,600 people counted. That is down 1% from 525 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Tromp surname
Habitational surname from trompet
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Tromp» (Dutch), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 72 people named Tromp.
3 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 14 départements, most often Moselle.
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
29 people named Tromp live in Switzerland.
They live in 3 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 Belgium’s population register
At least 23 people named Tromp 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 Antwerp.
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 print
Tromp in American newspapers,
1879–1915.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 9,885 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Tromp,
with a public archive behind them.
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Maarten Tromp 1598–1653 · sailor -
Cornelia Teding van Berkhout 1614–1680 · art collector -
Cornelis Tromp 1629–1691 · military personnel -
Sara Harpertsdochter Tromp 1655–1711 · socialite -
Solco Tromp 1874–1962 · association football player
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 64 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Tromp.
- Trog 105 · U.S. census
- Troia 1,305 · U.S. census
- Troisi 972 · U.S. census
- Trojan 1,230 · U.S. census
- Trojanowski 924 · U.S. census
- Trombetta 1,665 · U.S. census
- Trompeter 479 · U.S. census
- Tron 261 · U.S. census
- Troncin 128 · U.S. census
- Trost 3,948 · U.S. census
- Trotta 2,955 · U.S. census
- Trottier 2,262 · U.S. census
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