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 taken surname of Donald Trump who is the president of the United States. 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.

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).