Troy

in the US

There are 7,168 people with the last name "Troy" in the United States.

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Ranking in the US

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Troy 3,861
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  1. is 3,857th most common Mccaffrey
  2. is 3,858th most common Wofford
  3. is 3,859th most common Asbury
  4. is 3,860th most common Coffin
  5. is 3,861st most common Troy
  6. is 3,862nd most common Peebles
  7. is 3,863rd most common Amin
  8. is 3,864th most common Martel
  9. is 3,865th most common Holcombe

Similar Names and Nicknames

Troyer, Troyan, Troya, Troyano, Tray, Troyo, Trey, Troyanek, Troye, Troyke

Most Common First Names for Troy

John, James, Michael, William, Robert, Mary, Thomas, David, Richard, Joseph



Meaning & History

Irish (Munster): reduced Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Troighthigh ‘descendant of Troightheach’, a byname meaning ‘foot soldier’.

English (of Norman origin): habitational name from Troyes in Aude, France. There was also an Anglo-Norman family of this name in Ireland.

Americanized form of some like-sounding Jewish surname or an Americanized spelling of Treu.

French: habitational name from a place in the Haute-Garonne.

Dutch: from a short form of the female personal name Geertrui(de), Dutch form of Gertrude (see Trude).

Dutch: from Middle Dutch troye ‘doublet’, ‘jerkin’, possibly a metonymic occupational name for a tailor, or a nickname for someone who wore a striking garment of this kind.


Recent Searches for "Troy" in the US

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John Troy (88 searches)

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