As the 2016 presidential political campaign enters its concluding stretch , Donald Trump has plain that medium coverage of him has been unfair , and that the criticisms he ’s received from his opponent Hillary Clinton have been " very mingy . " But opening yourself up to public examination is all part of melt for office . Donald Trump , the veridical estate guy , television host and Republican campaigner , literally sign up for all this . But guess who did n’t sign up for all this ? Everyone else in America whose last name is Trump .
encounter Jenna Trump , a 32 - year - old real the three estates factor in Atlanta . She says partake in a surname with someone famous was once entertaining , but that changed when the famous person became a presidential candidate . " I have change my response since the [ Republican primary ] election to where I no longer joke with potentially being related , " she say . " It used to be kind of merriment . "
According to datafrom the 2000 census — surname data from the 2010 nose count is n’t available — Trump is the 8,357th most popular surname in the United States , with only 3,640 people sharing the name . ( Clinton , as the last name of 15,714 Americans , is almost four times more mutual . ) Thelatest datafrom the Pew Research Center show a country profoundly divided when it add up to judgement of either candidate , and Donald Trump in particular provoke stronger reactions than does Hillary Clinton . And the strength of people ’s opinions about Trump and his safari , whether positive or electronegative , is spilling over from the political arena into the day - to - day lives of ordinary the great unwashed with the same last name . HowStuffWorks spoke with several via email , Facebook and telephone to see how matter have been going .
" I get a range of reaction , dubiousness , conversation . However , likely the one that sticks out to me the most is going through TSA , " says Jenna Trump . " The agent thought it would be funny to pronounce that he could not let me through which cue a lot of awkward stares in which I had to divulge my last name and that I in fact was not a scourge . "
For one 41 - yr - sometime from Reading , Pennsylvania , being nominate Trump has had negligible wallop on his life recently , though that ’s not the compositor’s case for some of his younger relatives .
" It has n’t affected me at all , " says Scott Trump , who works in commercial-grade real estate . " But my niece has been strong-arm at schoolhouse in Ohio because her classmates mimic what their parents are saying about Trump . They ’ve predict her names – racist , liar , iniquity . She had a tough go for a short while . Her sis was in Greece on a class trip and one of the shop trafficker would n’t put her name on an order that she placed because they did n’t want to even compose ' Trump ' on the just the ticket .
" I ’ve been defriended on Facebook a match of times because mass do n’t want to be associated with a Trump , " he says . " I ’m certain they ’ll be back in mid - November . "
" Having the last name Trump has its ups and Down , " says a 19 - year - old West Virginia nursemaid named Tiffany Trump . The fact that she also shares a first name with Donald Trump ’s 23 - yr - old daughter has caused tortuousness . " On social media , I have a Snapchat news report which is the same username as his daughter ’s Instagram . I get buff messages meant for her , as well as getting called an impostor when I tell them I am not Donald ’s daughter . Sometimes with harsh responses . "
Recently air recordings of Donald Trump’smisogynistic commentaryhave turn Tiffany forth from the nominee . " About the things that Donald Trump has order regarding women , he has lost my vote for sure , " says Tiffany , who plans to attend medical school next class . " I also feel as if he is not stable to run this res publica , he ’s right smart too slender - skinned to be a chairwoman , and therefore I do not trust him . "
Not everyone is crucify with the affiliation . Billie Trump , a 62 - class - old retired firefighter who ’s currently the CFO of the town of Beckley , West Virginia , sees it as a way to start a conversation . " The reaction to my last name is usually positive , " he says . " People usually inquire if I am connect and this pass to some effective - natured banter about my being a poor relative . I always say we might be related but I have never seen him at any of the house reunion . "
Billie Trump also sound out that most people around town have it off him and his last name because he was his townspeople ’s fervour chief and spend more than two decades in public service . " Donald Trump says what many people think , but share with only their close-fitting friends , " he adds .
Jessica Burt , a 31 - year - sure-enough lensman and nonprofit owner in upstate New York , has the luxuriousness of setting the Trump name apart — it ’s her maiden name . " I will say , before I was wed , my entire life when I would usher in myself to someone , I go askedevery exclusive timeif I was related to Donald , " she aver . " So I can only envisage how bad it would be now . I ’m just thankful I do n’t have to care with it ! "
Still , it ’s one thing to deal a surname with the Donald . It ’s another to share both first and last name . Donald L. Trump , an oncologist live in Virginia , has that upset note . His identity rose to prominence when news constitution look into whether the presidential candidate had donate to charity , and found thatonly the oncologist had provably done so .
But if there ’s someone doing substantial harm here , allow ’s lay the incrimination on Mike Pence , Donald Trump ’s running mate . His nomination for second - in - program line get the regular - guy commercial real estate agent to miss a golden chance . " I was really trust he would take [ Florida regulator ] Rick Scott as his VP so I could get ' Trump / Scott ' T - shirts , " tell Scott Trump . " Come on , how often do you get that chance ? "
