Trump (surname)

Trump is a surname of English and German origin:

a German surname, possibly from a word for "drum". It is notable as the surname of Donald Trump^[1] who was president of the United States from 2016 to 2020. It has an older presence in the United States via the 18th-century Amish migration from the Palatinate to Pennsylvania.
an English surname derived from Old French trompeor "trumpeter" or "maker of trumpets" (modern surnames Trump and Trumper), recorded from the 1270s.^[2]

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).

^ Gwenda Blair, The Trumps: Three Generations That Built an Empire (2000), p. 26. See also. "Why Donald Trump trumps Donald Drumpf". The Boston Globe. Retrieved 3 March 2016.
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[Blair26-1] Gwenda Blair, The Trumps: Three Generations That Built an Empire (2000), p. 26. See also. "Why Donald Trump trumps Donald Drumpf". The Boston Globe. Retrieved 3 March 2016.

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