How common is the surname Combest?

1,083 people in the United States had the surname Combest in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 285,084 Americans. It ranked 23,472nd of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Combest?

Larry Combest, American politician.

Where is the surname Combest most common?

Wikidata records people named Combest in the United States.

Is the surname Combest getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,167 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,083 in 2010, down 7.2%.

The surname Combest

A surname, carried by 1,083 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex C512

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Combest is more common than 85.5% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,083 people named Combest in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 285,084 Americans. That is down 7.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,167.

#23,472

rank among US surnames

1,083

people in 2010

0.4

per 100,000 Americans

-7.2%

change since 2000 (was #20,995)

Who is named Combest

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

82% of people named Combest identified as white (not Hispanic), 12% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 82%
Black (not Hispanic) 12%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.4%
Two or more races 1.9%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.8%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Combests

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Larry Combest
American politician, born 1945

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Combest

Combest has the Soundex code C512, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C512.

Questions

How common is the surname Combest?: 1,083 people in the United States had the surname Combest in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 285,084 Americans. It ranked 23,472nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Combest?: In the 2010 Census, 82% of people named Combest identified as white (not Hispanic), and 12% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Combest?: Larry Combest, American politician.
Where is the surname Combest most common?: Wikidata records people named Combest in the United States.
Is the surname Combest getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,167 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,083 in 2010, down 7.2%.