# Newcomb (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/newcomb/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname from Middle English.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | English |
| Type | nickname, from a description or nickname of an ancestor |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 14,292 |
| US rank (2010) | 2,534 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 21,603 people |
| Change since 2000 | +0.4% (14,230 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | Newcom |

## Etymology

Nickname for a new arrival in a place, from Middle English neowecomen (“just arrived; newcomer”). The intrusive -b is the result of placenames ending in -combe, which is from combe (“wooded valley”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Newcomb 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) | 93% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 1.8% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.1% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.8% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.6% |
| Two or more races | 2.0% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Newcomb in Canada and the United States.

## People named Newcomb

- Simon Newcomb, American astronomer (1835–1909)
- Theodore Newcomb, American social psychologist (1903–1984)

## Similar surnames

Newcombe.

## 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.