Explore the Family Name Trauernicht

The meaning of Trauernicht

North German (East Frisia): nickname for someone who was never sad or possibly for an insouciant person. It is in a form of a sentence meaning ‘(I) don’t feel sad’, from Middle Low German troren ‘to be grieved’ + nicht ‘not’.

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How common is the last name Trauernicht in the United States?

According to data derived from the Decennial U.S. Census, the popularity of the surname Trauernicht has seen a slight increase between 2000 and 2010. In 2000, the surname ranked at 74,957 in terms of popularity, but by 2010 it had improved its ranking to 72,771—a change of 2.92%. The count of people with this surname also increased over the decade, going from 240 in 2000 to 267 in 2010, marking an 11.25% rise. However, the proportion of people with the Trauernicht surname per 100,000 remained stable at 0.09.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#74,957	#72,771	2.92%
Count	240	267	11.25%
Proportion per 100k	0.09	0.09	0%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Trauernicht

When it comes to the ethnicity associated with the Trauernicht surname, again according to the Decennial U.S. Census data, there have been some changes over the years. Predominantly, this surname is associated with White ethnicity, accounting for 95% of individuals with this surname in 2000 and 92.51% in 2010. There was also a small percentage of American Indian and Alaskan Native representation, which saw a growth from 4.17% in 2000 to 4.49% in 2010. Additionally, by 2010, a new category emerged as 2.25% of individuals reported being of two or more races. No individuals with the Trauernicht surname identified as Asian/Pacific Islander, Hispanic, or Black in either of the census years.

	2000	2010	Change
White	95%	92.51%	-2.62%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	4.17%	4.49%	7.67%
Two or More Races	0%	2.25%	0%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
Hispanic	0%	0%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%