Family name Troughton (Trog 
, Troughton 
) , throughout the world, is quite a rare cognomen. The last name Troughton is habitual in Finland, where it is quite a rare surname, the United Kingdom, and New Zealand. Measured by absolute frequency, it is the most numerous in the United Kingdom, the United States, and Germany. Much less frequently, Troughton is the forename as well as the last name.
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| Trog | United Kingdom, Finland, Australia, Germany, United States |
| Troughton | United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, United States, Zambia |
| william troughton English clergyman and ejected minister (b. 1614) |
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| ambrose troughton (b. 1616) |
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| john troughton English nonconformist minister and religious controversialist (b. 1637) |
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edward troughton British telescope maker, GB (b. 1753) |
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| joseph troughton British Royal Navy officer, lieutenant in 1815 (1791-?) (b. 1791) |
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| mary troughton (1863-1936) (b. 1863) |
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patrick troughton English actor (1920–1987), GB (b. 1920) |
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| lionel troughton English cricketer (1879-1933), GB (b. 1879) |
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| alice troughton British television director, GB (b. 1901) |
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| bob troughton Australian rules footballer, AU (b. 1904) |
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| charlie troughton Australian rules footballer, AU (b. 1906) |
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| charles troughton British businessman and barrister, GB (b. 1916) |
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jim troughton Cricket player of England. (born 1979), GB (b. 1979) |
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| michael j. troughton geographer, GB (b. 1939) |
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| peter troughton (born 1948), GB (b. 1948) |
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