# Cubit (surname)

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

A surname transferred from the nickname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | English |
| Type | nickname, from a description or nickname of an ancestor |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 524 |
| US rank (2010) | 41,501 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 589,209 people |
| Change since 2000 | +12% (467 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

From Middle English cubite (“cubit; elbow”), probably applied as a nickname for someone with strong or remarkable forearms.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Cubit 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) | 54% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 4.8% |
| Two or more races | 4.6% |

## Similar surnames

Cupit, Cepeda, Caputo, Chabot, Chaput, Cavitt, Capote, Cabot, Chiappetta, Cabada, Capito, Cuppett.

## 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.