Trump (surname)

[4] Trump as a contemporary German surname is comparatively rare, with 382 telephone book entries as of 2016 concentrated in the Cologne area, the Bad Dürkheim district, the Gifhorn district, and the Schwäbisch Hall/Ansbach region.

Philip Thomas Trump was recorded as part of a group of Germans from the Palatinate.

One William Trompeur is recorded in London in 1320, and one John le Trumpour in Yorkshire in 1327.

[3] One of the Monmouth rebels transported to the West Indies in 1685 was Humphrey Trump of Membury, Devon.

In modern English surnames Trump is localized in Southwestern England, especially Devon and Somerset.