# Cuthbert (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/cuthbert/  
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 | English |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 2,627 |
| US rank (2010) | 11,919 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 117,528 people |
| Change since 2000 | +3.2% (2,545 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /ˈkʌθ.bɜːɹt/, 2 syllables |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Name of early English saints, from Old English Cūþbeorht (“brightly known, famous”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Cuthbert 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) | 74% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 18% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 4.1% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.7% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.5% |
| Two or more races | 2.1% |

## Where

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

## People named Cuthbert

- Betty Cuthbert, Australian sprinter (1938–2017)
- Alfred Cuthbert, American politician
- Ian Holm, British actor (1931–2020)

## Similar surnames

Cuthbertson, Chadbourne, Chadburn, Cadbury.

## 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.