Explore the Family Name Trinca

The meaning of Trinca

Italian: 1. from Trinca, an old Tuscan short form of the verb trincare ‘to drink greedily’, see also Trincalacqua ‘guzzle water’. 2. otherwise from a southern dialect word trinca ‘piece of a boulder or rock’, a derivative of trincare ‘to cut stone’. Some characteristic forenames: Italian Saverio, Alfonso, Bartolo, Gino, Mario, Remo.

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

Based on data from the Decennial U.S. Census, the surname Trinca saw a moderate increase in popularity between 2000 and 2010. In 2000, it was ranked 77,742nd in frequency, but by 2010 it had risen to 74,375th. This represents an upward change of 4.33%. Moreover, the count of people with this surname also increased from 229 in 2000 to 260 in 2010, marking a growth rate of 13.54%. The proportion of people named Trinca per 100,000 population also rose from 0.08 in 2000 to 0.09 in 2010, a 12.5% uptick.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#77,742	#74,375	4.33%
Count	229	260	13.54%
Proportion per 100k	0.08	0.09	12.5%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Trinca

The ethnicity table, rooted in the Decennial U.S. Census, shows that most individuals with the surname Trinca identify as White. In 2000, 96.51% of people with this surname identified as White, although this percentage decreased slightly to 94.62% by 2010. There were no individuals who identified as Asian/Pacific Islander, Hispanic, Black, or American Indian and Alaskan Native in either year. However, there has been a small emergence of ethnic diversity within this surname group, with 2.69% identifying as two or more races in 2010, a category that recorded zero in 2000.

	2000	2010	Change
White	96.51%	94.62%	-1.96%
Two or More Races	0%	2.69%	0%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
Hispanic	0%	0%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%