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    The surname Cummins

    A surname, carried by 20,705 people in the United States.

    Pronounced /ˈkʌmɪnz/ 2 syllables Soundex C552

    Cummins: #1,731 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#10,001Dubon Cummins #1,731, 20,705 people Cummins: #1,731 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Cummins #1,731, 20,705 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Cummins is more common than 98.9% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 20,705 people named Cummins in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 14,912 Americans. That is up 3.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 20,072.

    #1,731
    rank among US surnames
    20,705
    people in 2010
    7.0
    per 100,000 Americans
    +3.2%
    change since 2000 (was #1,633)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #1,722Venegas20,85114,807
    #1,723McNeal20,77814,859
    #1,724Metzger20,77114,864
    #1,725Coulter20,75714,874
    #1,726Beal20,75214,878
    #1,727Crump20,73714,889
    #1,728Jorgensen20,73114,893

    Who is named Cummins

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

    90% of people named Cummins identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.0% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 90%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 4.0%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
    • Two or more races 2.1%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 1.0%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Cumminss

    6 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Pat Cummins
      Australian cricketer, born 1993
    • Maria Susanna Cummins
      American novelist (1827–1866)
    • Edward Cummins
      Amateur golfer (1886–1926)
    • Albert B. Cummins
      American politician (1850–1926)
    • Jeanine Cummins
      American author, born 1974
    • John Stephen Cummins
      American Roman-Catholic bishop, 1928–2024

    Notable Cumminss come mostly from the United States (5) and Australia (1).

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Cummins

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

    Questions

    How common is the surname Cummins?
    20,705 people in the United States had the surname Cummins in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 14,912 Americans. It ranked 1,731st of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Cummins?
    In the 2010 Census, 90% of people named Cummins identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.0% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Cummins?
    Pat Cummins, Australian cricketer, followed by Maria Susanna Cummins.
    Where is the surname Cummins most common?
    Wikidata records people named Cummins in the United States and Australia.
    How do you pronounce Cummins?
    Cummins is /ˈkʌmɪnz/, 2 syllables.
    Is the surname Cummins getting more or less common?
    More common. 20,072 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 20,705 in 2010, up 3.2%.