How common is the surname Coombs?

9,780 people in the United States had the surname Coombs in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 31,569 Americans. It ranked 3,631st of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Coombs?

Ernie Coombs, American Canadian children's entertainer (1927-2001), followed by Frederick Coombs.

Where is the surname Coombs most common?

Wikidata records people named Coombs in the United States and Belgium.

Is the surname Coombs getting more or less common?

More common. 9,171 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 9,780 in 2010, up 6.6%.

The surname Coombs

A surname, carried by 9,780 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex C512

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Coombs is more common than 97.8% of them.

Origin

A surname from Old English.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 9,780 people named Coombs in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 31,569 Americans. That is up 6.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 9,171.

#3,631

rank among US surnames

9,780

people in 2010

3.3

per 100,000 Americans

+6.6%

change since 2000 (was #3,558)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#3,622	Taggart	9,808	31,479
#3,623	Renfro	9,806	31,485
#3,624	Schindler	9,801	31,501
#3,625	Huey	9,800	31,505
#3,626	Clemente	9,797	31,514
#3,627	Lomax	9,789	31,540
#3,628	Reddick	9,785	31,553

Who is named Coombs

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

82% of people named Coombs identified as white (not Hispanic), 12% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 82%
Black (not Hispanic) 12%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.6%
Two or more races 1.9%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Coombss

3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Ernie Coombs
American Canadian children's entertainer (1927-2001)
Frederick Coombs
American photographer and eccentric (1803–1874)
Princess Claire of Belgium
Belgian princess (born 1974)

Notable Coombss come mostly from the United States (2) and Belgium (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Coombs

Coombs 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 Coombs?: 9,780 people in the United States had the surname Coombs in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 31,569 Americans. It ranked 3,631st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Coombs?: In the 2010 Census, 82% of people named Coombs identified as white (not Hispanic), and 12% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Coombs?: Ernie Coombs, American Canadian children's entertainer (1927-2001), followed by Frederick Coombs.
Where is the surname Coombs most common?: Wikidata records people named Coombs in the United States and Belgium.
Is the surname Coombs getting more or less common?: More common. 9,171 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 9,780 in 2010, up 6.6%.