How common is the surname Gumbs?

1,885 people in the United States had the surname Gumbs in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 163,791 Americans. It ranked 15,527th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Gumbs?

In the 2010 Census, 75% of people named Gumbs identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 12% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Gumbs getting more or less common?

More common. 1,631 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,885 in 2010, up 16%.

The surname Gumbs

A surname, carried by 1,885 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex G512

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Gumbs is more common than 90.4% of them.

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,885 people named Gumbs in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 163,791 Americans. That is up 16% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,631.

#15,527

rank among US surnames

1,885

people in 2010

0.6

per 100,000 Americans

+15.6%

change since 2000 (was #16,275)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#15,520	Ewen	1,886	163,704
#15,527	Rayas	1,885	163,791
#15,533	Kadlec	1,884	163,878

Who is named Gumbs

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

75% of people named Gumbs identified as Black (not Hispanic), 12% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 7.1% as white (not Hispanic).

Black (not Hispanic) 75%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 12%
White (not Hispanic) 7.1%
Two or more races 4.9%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.9%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%

Compare: most common surnames among Black Americans.

Questions

How common is the surname Gumbs?: 1,885 people in the United States had the surname Gumbs in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 163,791 Americans. It ranked 15,527th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Gumbs?: In the 2010 Census, 75% of people named Gumbs identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 12% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Gumbs getting more or less common?: More common. 1,631 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,885 in 2010, up 16%.