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    The surname Cubit

    An English nickname surname, carried by 524 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex C130

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    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Cubit is more common than 74.4% of them.

    Origin

    English origin

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

    Cubit is a nickname surname: from a description or nickname of an ancestor.

    One of 1,446 English surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 524 people named Cubit in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 589,209 Americans. That is up 12% since 2000, when the Census counted 467.

    #41,501
    rank among US surnames
    524
    people in 2010
    0.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +12.2%
    change since 2000 (was #43,546)

    Who is named Cubit

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

    54% of people named Cubit identified as Black (not Hispanic), 35% as white (not Hispanic) and 4.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • Black (not Hispanic) 54%
    • White (not Hispanic) 35%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4.8%
    • Two or more races 4.6%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among Black Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Cubit

    Cubit has the Soundex code C130, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C130.

    Other English surnames

    All 1,446 English surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Cubit come from?
    From Middle English cubite (“cubit; elbow”), probably applied as a nickname for someone with strong or remarkable forearms.
    How common is the surname Cubit?
    524 people in the United States had the surname Cubit in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 589,209 Americans. It ranked 41,501st of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Cubit?
    In the 2010 Census, 54% of people named Cubit identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 35% as white (not Hispanic).
    What type of surname is Cubit?
    Cubit is a nickname surname, from a description or nickname of an ancestor.
    Is the surname Cubit getting more or less common?
    More common. 467 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 524 in 2010, up 12%.