Trump (surname)

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. 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).

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