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    The surname Cumby

    A place surname, carried by 971 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex C510

    Cumby: #25,459 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Cumby #25,459, 971 people Cumby: #25,459 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Cumby #25,459, 971 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Cumby is more common than 84.3% of them.

    Origin

    Reduced form of McCombie. Alternatively, a habitational surname from a lost or unidentified place.

    Cumby is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 971 people named Cumby in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 317,967 Americans. That is up 2.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 948.

    #25,459
    rank among US surnames
    971
    people in 2010
    0.3
    per 100,000 Americans
    +2.4%
    change since 2000 (was #24,680)

    Who is named Cumby

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

    65% of people named Cumby identified as white (not Hispanic), 32% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.0% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 65%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 32%
    • Two or more races 2.0%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.3%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Variant spellings

    Surnames that sound like Cumby

    Cumby has the Soundex code C510, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C510.

    Questions

    Where does the surname Cumby come from?
    Reduced form of McCombie. Alternatively, a habitational surname from a lost or unidentified place.
    How common is the surname Cumby?
    971 people in the United States had the surname Cumby in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 317,967 Americans. It ranked 25,459th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Cumby?
    In the 2010 Census, 65% of people named Cumby identified as white (not Hispanic), and 32% as Black (not Hispanic).
    What type of surname is Cumby?
    Cumby is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
    Is the surname Cumby getting more or less common?
    More common. 948 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 971 in 2010, up 2.4%.
    What are other spellings of Cumby?
    Combee and Cumbee.