Truman

Truman is the 6,255th most common surname in the United States, shared by 5,239 people at the 2020 census. That is about one person in 57,100.

By the numbers

People: 5,239
Rank: 6,255th
How common: 1 in 57,100
Per 100,000: 1.8

Who bears the name

How people with the surname Truman described their own race and Hispanic origin at the 2020 census:

White, not Hispanic 85.4%
Black, not Hispanic 5.9%
Hispanic or Latino 3.7%
Two or more races, not Hispanic 3.6%
Asian or Pacific Islander, not Hispanic 0.9%
American Indian or Alaska Native, not Hispanic 0.5%

Notable people called Truman

Harry S. Truman (1884–1972)president of the United States from 1945 to 1953; politician
Bess Truman (1885–1982)First Lady of the United States from 1945 to 1953
Christine Truman (born 1941)English tennis player
Margaret Truman (1924–2008)American author of murder mysteries; daughter of 33rd President of the United States Harry S. Truman
Harry R. Truman (1896–1980)American volcano victim
Ralph Truman (1900–1977)British actor

People named Truman with articles in the most Wikipedia languages. Data from Wikidata (CC0).

Surnames like Truman

Also a first name

Truman has been given to 15,973 American babies as a first name since 1880, peaking in 1945. See it as a given name.

Try it on yourself

Source: US Census Bureau, Frequently Occurring Surnames, 2020. The Census describes the file as the surnames borne by 100 or more people; rarer names are not published. The line is not quite exact, and 617 published names come in under it, the smallest at 92 people. Race and Hispanic origin are self-reported. Rates are worked out against the 298.9 million people the file's own figures are calculated on, which is fewer than the census counted in all: the difference is everyone whose surname was too rare to publish.