How common is the surname McCumber?

2,647 people in the United States had the surname McCumber in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 116,640 Americans. It ranked 11,821st of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname McCumber?

In the 2010 Census, 88% of people named McCumber identified as white (not Hispanic), and 7.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named McCumber?

Porter J. McCumber, American politician (1858–1933).

Where is the surname McCumber most common?

Wikidata records people named McCumber in the United States.

Is the surname McCumber getting more or less common?

More common. 2,409 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,647 in 2010, up 9.9%.

The surname McCumber

An Irish surname, carried by 2,647 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex M251

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). McCumber is more common than 92.7% of them.

Origin

Irish origin

Variant of McComber.

One of 880 Irish surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,647 people named McCumber in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 116,640 Americans. That is up 9.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,409.

#11,821

rank among US surnames

2,647

people in 2010

0.9

per 100,000 Americans

+9.9%

change since 2000 (was #11,898)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#11,815	Inglis	2,649	116,552
#11,818	Nalls	2,648	116,596
#11,821	Glasper	2,647	116,640
#11,829	Rollo	2,646	116,684

Who is named McCumber

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

88% of people named McCumber identified as white (not Hispanic), 7.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.7% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 88%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 7.4%
Two or more races 1.7%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.1%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.8%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.6%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous McCumbers

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Porter J. McCumber
American politician (1858–1933)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like McCumber

McCumber has the Soundex code M251, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M251.

Other Irish surnames

All 880 Irish surnames

Questions

Where does the surname McCumber come from?: Variant of McComber.
How common is the surname McCumber?: 2,647 people in the United States had the surname McCumber in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 116,640 Americans. It ranked 11,821st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname McCumber?: In the 2010 Census, 88% of people named McCumber identified as white (not Hispanic), and 7.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named McCumber?: Porter J. McCumber, American politician (1858–1933).
Where is the surname McCumber most common?: Wikidata records people named McCumber in the United States.
Is the surname McCumber getting more or less common?: More common. 2,409 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,647 in 2010, up 9.9%.