# Cummins (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/cummins/  
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 | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 20,705 |
| US rank (2010) | 1,731 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 14,912 people |
| Change since 2000 | +3.2% (20,072 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /ˈkʌmɪnz/, 2 syllables |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Cummins 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) | 90% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 4.0% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.3% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.6% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 1.0% |
| Two or more races | 2.1% |

## Where

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

## People named Cummins

- Pat Cummins, Australian cricketer
- Maria Susanna Cummins, American novelist (1827–1866)
- Edward Cummins, Amateur golfer (1886–1926)
- Albert B. Cummins, American politician (1850–1926)
- Jeanine Cummins, American author
- John Stephen Cummins, American Roman-Catholic bishop

## Similar surnames

Commons, Cummings, Cumming, Cumings, Cuming, Cunningham, Canning, Chewning, 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.