How common is the surname Cushman?

7,400 people in the United States had the surname Cushman in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 41,722 Americans. It ranked 4,779th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Cushman?

In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Cushman identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Cushman?

Charlotte Cushman, American actress (1816–1876), followed by Florence Cushman.

Where is the surname Cushman most common?

Wikidata records people named Cushman in the United States.

Is the surname Cushman getting more or less common?

More common. 7,171 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 7,400 in 2010, up 3.2%.

The surname Cushman

A surname, carried by 7,400 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex C255

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Cushman is more common than 97.1% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 7,400 people named Cushman in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 41,722 Americans. That is up 3.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 7,171.

#4,779

rank among US surnames

7,400

people in 2010

2.5

per 100,000 Americans

+3.2%

change since 2000 (was #4,542)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#4,770	Falcone	7,423	41,593
#4,771	Grim	7,418	41,621
#4,772	Ching	7,417	41,627
#4,774	Whitehurst	7,412	41,655
#4,775	Lew	7,410	41,666
#4,776	Hintz	7,406	41,689
#4,777	Fiedler	7,403	41,705

Who is named Cushman

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

93% of people named Cushman identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.8% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 93%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.8%
Two or more races 1.8%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.5%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Cushmans

6 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Charlotte Cushman
American actress (1816–1876)
Florence Cushman
American astronomer, 1860–1940
Pauline Cushman
American actress and Civil War spy (1833-1893)
Clifton Cushman
American hurdler (1938–1966)
Susan Webb Cushman
American actress (1822–1859)
Joseph Augustine Cushman
American geologist and paleontologist (1881–1949)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Cushman

Cushman has the Soundex code C255, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C255.

Questions

How common is the surname Cushman?: 7,400 people in the United States had the surname Cushman in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 41,722 Americans. It ranked 4,779th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Cushman?: In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Cushman identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Cushman?: Charlotte Cushman, American actress (1816–1876), followed by Florence Cushman.
Where is the surname Cushman most common?: Wikidata records people named Cushman in the United States.
Is the surname Cushman getting more or less common?: More common. 7,171 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 7,400 in 2010, up 3.2%.