The Troy surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 8,109 people carried this name — #4,383 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 36,400 people counted. That is up 2% from 7,940 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Troy surname
From Old French Troyes.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Troy» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In Ireland’s birth registers, 1890
Ireland registered 31 births for the Troy name in 1890.
Most were registered in Munster. By the Registrar-General’s own method — births multiplied by 44.38 — that is about 1,400 people bearing the name in Ireland at the time. The Registrar-General’s note on the name: “King's, Cork, and Tipperary.”
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born, 1890
Registrar-General for Ireland, «Special Report on Surnames in Ireland» (R. E. Matheson, 1894), births index of 1890 — public domain.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 327 people named Troy.
14 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 30 départements, most often Haute-Garonne.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere 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
21 people named Troy live in Switzerland.
They live in 4 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
Troy in American newspapers,
1886–1912.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 917,812 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Troy,
with a public archive behind them.
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John Troy 1739–1823 · Catholic priest -
William Troy 1848–1907 -
Dasher Troy 1856–1938 · baseball player -
Bun Troy 1888–1918 · baseball player -
Jeremiah Troy 1845–1897 · military personnel
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Frank Troy 1877–1953 · politician
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Troy.
- Troncin 128 · U.S. census
- Trost 3,948 · U.S. census
- Trotta 2,955 · U.S. census
- Trottier 2,262 · U.S. census
- Trovato 1,582 · U.S. census
- Troxler 1,528 · U.S. census
- Trucco 186 · U.S. census
- Truchon 265 · U.S. census
- Trudel 1,344 · U.S. census
- Trudelle 290 · U.S. census
- Trujillo 73,664 · U.S. census
- Truong 38,267 · U.S. census
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