How common is the surname Cumberbatch?

1,758 people in the United States had the surname Cumberbatch in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 175,623 Americans. It ranked 16,376th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Cumberbatch?

Timothy Carlton, British actor.

Where is the surname Cumberbatch most common?

Wikidata records people named Cumberbatch in the United Kingdom.

Is the surname Cumberbatch getting more or less common?

More common. 1,509 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,758 in 2010, up 17%.

The surname Cumberbatch

A surname, carried by 1,758 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex C516

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Cumberbatch is more common than 89.9% of them.

Origin

Variant of Comberbach.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,758 people named Cumberbatch in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 175,623 Americans. That is up 17% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,509.

#16,376

rank among US surnames

1,758

people in 2010

0.6

per 100,000 Americans

+16.5%

change since 2000 (was #17,268)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#16,370	Yutzy	1,759	175,523
#16,376	Kroger	1,758	175,623
#16,385	Trepanier	1,757	175,723

Who is named Cumberbatch

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

84% of people named Cumberbatch identified as Black (not Hispanic), 7.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 4.2% as white (not Hispanic).

Black (not Hispanic) 84%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 7.9%
White (not Hispanic) 4.2%
Two or more races 3.1%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among Black Americans.

Famous Cumberbatchs

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Timothy Carlton
British actor, born 1939

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Surnames that sound like Cumberbatch

Cumberland

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

Questions

Where does the surname Cumberbatch come from?: Variant of Comberbach.
How common is the surname Cumberbatch?: 1,758 people in the United States had the surname Cumberbatch in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 175,623 Americans. It ranked 16,376th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Cumberbatch?: In the 2010 Census, 84% of people named Cumberbatch identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 7.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Cumberbatch?: Timothy Carlton, British actor.
Where is the surname Cumberbatch most common?: Wikidata records people named Cumberbatch in the United Kingdom.
Is the surname Cumberbatch getting more or less common?: More common. 1,509 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,758 in 2010, up 17%.