Trump is a surname of English and German origin. The German surname possibly originates from a word for "drum". It is notable as the surname of president of the United States Donald Trump, whose ancestors' surname was Drumpf.Gwenda Blair, The Trumps: Three Generations That Built an Empire (2000), p. 26. It has an older presence in the United States via the 18th-century Amish migration from the Palatinate to Pennsylvania. The English surname is derived from Old French trompeor "trumpeter" or "maker of trumpets" (modern surnames Trump and Trumper), recorded from the 1270s.
The majority of people with the surname live in the United States (close to 5,000 individuals, approximately 900 of whom live in Pennsylvania); the surname does survive in both Germany and England, but is comparatively rare (fewer than 500 individuals in each country).
German surname German name researcher (Lehrbeauftragter für Namenforschung) Hans Bahlow derived the German surname Trump from a Bavarian word for "drum" (Middle High German trumpe).Bahlow: Deutsches Namenslexikon (1982). MHG trumpe, trumbe, trume could mean either "trumpet" or "drum". Lexer, Mittelhochdeutsches Handwörterbuch (1872-1878) records variants in d- (drumme, drume, drumpe) under the meaning "drum",
Trump as a contemporary German surname is comparatively rare, with 382 telephone book entries as of 2016 concentrated in the Cologne area, the Bad Dürkheim district, the Gifhorn district, and the Schwäbisch Hall/Ansbach region.verwandt.de
Donald Trump (born 1946), president of the United States and businessman, grandson of Bavarian-born businessman Frederick Trump Family of Donald Trump Georg Trump (1896–1985), German graphic, typeface, and postage stamp designer Peter Trump (born 1950), German field hockey player Walter Trump (born 1953), German mathematician
The German surname was introduced to the British colonial Province of Pennsylvania in 1733. Philip Thomas Trump was recorded as part of a group of Germans from the Palatinate.I. D. Rupp, A collection of upwards of thirty thousand names of German, Swiss, Dutch, French and other immigrants in Pennsylvania from 1727 to 1776 (1875), p. 92. Ship Pink Mary, Captain James Benn, arrived from Dublin Sept. 29, 1733. In the United States, there were close to 4,800 individuals with the surname on record as of 2016, Pennsylvania still accounting for close to one fifth of their number.Z. Crockett, There are 4,788 Trumps in the United States. Here's where they live., 20 October 2016 (data collected from Whitepages).
Charles S. Trump (born 1960), West Virginia State Senator Chrystelle Bond (; 1938–2020), American dancer, choreographer, and dance historian Clifford Trump (born 1937), president of Idaho State University Donald L. Trump (born 1945), American oncologist Mary Lea Trump (born 1965), American clinical psychologist and author William Trump (1923–2009), American soldier
English surname The modern English surnames Trump, Tromp, and Trumper are derived from occupational names referring to "trumpet", either for trumpeters or trumpet-makers. Early attestations of the occupational name include references to one Patrick Trumpe in Cumbria (1275), to Adam Trumpur in Essex (also 1275), and to Nicholas Trump in Cambridgeshire (1279). One William Trompeur is recorded in London in 1320, and one John le Trumpour in Yorkshire in 1327.Patrick Hanks, Richard Coates, Peter McClure, The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland, Oxford University Press (2016), p. 2735. One of the Monmouth rebels transported to the West Indies in 1685 was Humphrey Trump of Membury, Devon. In modern English surnames Trump is localized in Southwestern England, especially Devon and Somerset."Trump" in Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press (2013). "English (Devon): metonymic occupational name for a trumpeter, from Middle English trumpe ‘trumpet’." 429 individuals named Trump were reported for Great Britain as of 2016 (compared to 458 in 1881).
David H. Trump (1931–2016), British archaeologist known for his work in the area of Maltese prehistory Dorothy Trump (1964–2013), English geneticist Gerald Trump (born 1937), English cricketer Harvey Trump (born 1968), English cricketer Henry Searle né Trump (born 2006), English tennis player Judd Trump (born 1989), English snooker player
Others Aussie Trump (born Benjamin Letts Dawkins, 1971), former Australian politician
Fictional characters Warden Trump in Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker
See also Anita Trumpe (born 1968), Latvian hurdler Drumpf (surname) Tromp (surname) Van Trump (surname)
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