Truchon
surname · Latin script
Meaning: probablement de (Le) Truchon, nom de quelques localités dans la Vienne (Poitou-Charentes)
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
/tʁyʃɔ̃/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Truchon is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country.
- PLPoland1 in 1.1M(measured from records)
- USUnited States1 in 1.3M
- CHSwitzerland1 in 1.7M
carrying the name, as counted by each country's national register. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- United States (measured from records)
- Sources
- 5 (measured from records)
- 1 in 1.1M (inferred from the name graph)
265 people, 2010
Highest-authority source
Poland
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
One other spelling is counted as the same name:
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
probablement de (Le) Truchon, nom de quelques localités dans la Vienne (Poitou-Charentes).
Sources 1
- Dictionnaire des noms de famille du Canada français. Anthroponymie et généalogie. 2e édition
Where in the world(measured from records)
Truchon counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | 265 | 1 in 1.3M | 265 | Truchon | 5 |
| PL Poland | 34 | 1 in 1.1M | 20 | Truchon | 4 |
| CH Switzerland | 5 | 1 in 1.7M | 5 | — | — |
| BE Belgium | 2 | 1 in 5.9M | 2 | — | — |
| FR France | — | — | 84 | — | — |
265 people counted by Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010, 2010. Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000); dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames); BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames); Familienaam.be — Belgian family-name frequency (population register). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Michel Truchonb. 1941CAeconomist and university professor
- Alain Truchonb. 1955FRFrench politician
- Dominique Truchonb. 1958CACanadian chef
- Jean Truchonb. 1960CACanadian activist
- Manon Truchonb. 1965CAuniversity professor
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 12 sources across 5 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 265 | #73,215 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 261 | #78,873 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 261 | #70,052 |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1951 | 135 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1941 | 130 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1961 | 113 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1921 | 105 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1971 | 103 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1901 | 102 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1931 | 100 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1981 | 86 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1991 | 84 | — |
Reference works 4
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- Rymut, Słownik nazwisk współcześnie w Polsce używanych (10 vols, IJP PAN, Kraków 1992–1994) — every Polish surname in the PESEL register at the end of 1990, with bearer counts nationally and per voivodeship1990
- jeantosti.com — Dictionnaire des noms de famille de France et d'ailleurs (Jean Tosti)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- How do you pronounce Truchon?
- A machine transcription gives /tʁyʃɔ̃/ (IPA) for French.
- What does the name Truchon mean?
- Recorded meaning: probablement de (Le) Truchon, nom de quelques localités dans la Vienne (Poitou-Charentes).
- In which country does Truchon have the most bearers?
- In the United States, the national register counted about 265 people named Truchon, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled truchon.
- Where is Truchon most common?
- Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Truchon is densest in Poland — about 1 in 1.1 million people — even though United States holds more of our records for it.
- How common is the name Truchon?
- In the United States, the national register counted 265 people named Truchon in 2010, about 1 in 1.3 million residents.
What do you want to know about Truchon?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/truchonThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Truchon”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.