# Cummings (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/cummings/  
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) | 79,316 |
| US rank (2010) | 403 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 3,893 people |
| Change since 2000 | +3.4% (76,707 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /ˈkʌmɪŋz/, 2 syllables |
| Variant spellings | Cumings, Cummins |

## 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. Variant of Cumings, Cumming.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Cummings 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) | 73% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 20% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.5% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.7% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 2.3% |
| Two or more races | 2.3% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Cummings in the United States, Australia and the United Kingdom.

## People named Cummings

- E. E. Cummings, American author (1894–1962)
- Jim Cummings, American voice actor
- Robert Cummings, American actor (1910–1990)
- Irving Cummings, actor, film director (1888–1959)
- Constance Cummings, American actress (1910–2005)
- Elijah Cummings, American politician (1951-2019)
- Whitney Cummings, American actress, comedian and writer (born 1982)
- Quinn Cummings, American writer, inventor and former child actress (born 1967)
- Erin Cummings, American actress
- Ashleigh Cummings, Australian actress
- Richard Cummings, American actor (1858–1938)
- Terry Cummings, American basketball player (born 1961)

and 15 more on Wikidata.

## Similar surnames

Cumings, Cummins, Cumming, Cuming, 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.