# Cambridge (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/cambridge/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 1,602 |
| US rank (2010) | 17,559 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 192,725 people |
| Change since 2000 | +8.8% (1,472 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Cambridge in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 35% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 51% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.8% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.4% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 8.4% |
| Two or more races | 2.9% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Cambridge in the United Kingdom, the United States and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.

## People named Cambridge

- Alexander Cambridge, 1st Earl of Athlone, British Army general (1874-1957)
- Adolphus Cambridge, 1st Marquess of Cambridge, British Army general (1868-1927)
- Godfrey Cambridge, American stand-up comedian (1933-1976)
- Mary Somerset, Duchess of Beaufort, (1897-1987); British noblewoman

## Similar surnames

Cambron, Cambra, Camberos, Chambers, Chamberlain, Chamberlin, Conover, Converse, Confer, Comfort, Camper, Conforti.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.