How common is the surname Cumming?

3,047 people in the United States had the surname Cumming in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 101,328 Americans. It ranked 10,528th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Cumming?

Alan Cumming, British actor (born 1965), followed by Dorothy Cumming.

Where is the surname Cumming most common?

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

Is the surname Cumming getting more or less common?

Less common. 3,282 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,047 in 2010, down 7.2%.

The surname Cumming

A Scottish Gaelic place surname, carried by 3,047 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex C552

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Cumming is more common than 93.5% of them.

Origin

Scottish Gaelic origin

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.

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

One of 277 Scottish Gaelic surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,047 people named Cumming in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 101,328 Americans. That is down 7.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,282.

#10,528

rank among US surnames

3,047

people in 2010

1.0

per 100,000 Americans

-7.2%

change since 2000 (was #9,138)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#10,520	McMorris	3,049	101,261
#10,525	Rippy	3,048	101,294
#10,528	Cumming	3,047	101,328
#10,531	Khalid	3,046	101,361
#10,535	Corr	3,045	101,394
#10,536	Duplessis	3,044	101,428

Who is named Cumming

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

88% of people named Cumming identified as white (not Hispanic), 6.0% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 88%
Black (not Hispanic) 6.0%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.8%
Two or more races 1.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.9%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.9%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Cummings

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

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

Notable Cummings come mostly from the United States (1) and Australia (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Cumming

Cumming has the Soundex code C552, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C552.

Other Scottish Gaelic surnames

All 277 Scottish Gaelic surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Cumming come from?: 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.
How common is the surname Cumming?: 3,047 people in the United States had the surname Cumming in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 101,328 Americans. It ranked 10,528th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Cumming?: In the 2010 Census, 88% of people named Cumming identified as white (not Hispanic), and 6.0% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Cumming?: Alan Cumming, British actor (born 1965), followed by Dorothy Cumming.
Where is the surname Cumming most common?: Wikidata records people named Cumming in the United States and Australia.
What type of surname is Cumming?: Cumming is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
Is the surname Cumming getting more or less common?: Less common. 3,282 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,047 in 2010, down 7.2%.