# Cumming (surname)

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

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Scottish Gaelic |
| Type | place, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 3,047 |
| US rank (2010) | 10,528 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 101,328 people |
| Change since 2000 | -7.2% (3,282 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Scottish Gaelic Cuimeinich, presumably from Anglo-Norman de Comyn, which was a surname of toponymic origin, either from Commin near Rouen or Comines near Lille.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Cumming 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) | 88% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 6.0% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.8% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.9% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.9% |
| Two or more races | 1.6% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Cumming in the United States and Australia.

## People named Cumming

- Alan Cumming, British actor (born 1965)
- Dorothy Cumming, actress (1895-1983)

## Similar surnames

Cuming, Cummings, Cummins, Cumings, Cunningham, Canning, Chewning, Commons, Chowning, Channing, Cunnington.

## 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.