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    The surname Cambridge

    A surname, carried by 1,602 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex C516

    Cambridge: #17,559 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Cambridge #17,559, 1,602 people Cambridge: #17,559 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Cambridge #17,559, 1,602 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Cambridge is more common than 89.2% of them.

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,602 people named Cambridge in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 192,725 Americans. That is up 8.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,472.

    #17,559
    rank among US surnames
    1,602
    people in 2010
    0.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    +8.8%
    change since 2000 (was #17,596)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #17,551Farney1,603192,605
    #17,559Cambridge1,602192,725
    #17,565Herdman1,601192,845

    Who is named Cambridge

    Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

    51% of people named Cambridge identified as Black (not Hispanic), 35% as white (not Hispanic) and 8.4% as American Indian and Alaska Native.

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

    Compare: most common surnames among Black Americans.

    Famous Cambridges

    4 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • 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

    Notable Cambridges come mostly from the United Kingdom (2), the United States (1) and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (1).

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Cambridge

    Cambridge has the Soundex code C516, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C516.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Cambridge?
    1,602 people in the United States had the surname Cambridge in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 192,725 Americans. It ranked 17,559th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Cambridge?
    In the 2010 Census, 51% of people named Cambridge identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 35% as white (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Cambridge?
    Alexander Cambridge, 1st Earl of Athlone, British Army general (1874-1957), followed by Adolphus Cambridge, 1st Marquess of Cambridge.
    Where is the surname Cambridge most common?
    Wikidata records people named Cambridge in the United Kingdom, the United States and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
    Is the surname Cambridge getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,472 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,602 in 2010, up 8.8%.