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    The surname Newcomb

    An English nickname surname, carried by 14,292 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex N251

    Newcomb: #2,534 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Newcomb #2,534, 14,292 people Newcomb: #2,534 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Newcomb #2,534, 14,292 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Newcomb is more common than 98.4% of them.

    Origin

    English origin

    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”).

    Newcomb is a nickname surname: from a description or nickname of an ancestor.

    One of 1,446 English surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 14,292 people named Newcomb in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 21,603 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 14,230.

    #2,534
    rank among US surnames
    14,292
    people in 2010
    4.8
    per 100,000 Americans
    +0.4%
    change since 2000 (was #2,331)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #2,526Mehta14,34221,527
    #2,527Mayberry14,32621,551
    #2,528Barger14,32421,554
    #2,529Alley14,32321,556
    #2,530Oswald14,32221,557
    #2,531Stoddard14,31721,565
    #2,532McDonnell14,30921,577

    Who is named Newcomb

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

    93% of people named Newcomb identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.0% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 93%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
    • Two or more races 2.0%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 1.8%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Newcombs

    2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

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

    Notable Newcombs come mostly from Canada (1) and the United States (1).

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Variant spellings

    • Newcom

    Surnames that sound like Newcomb

    Newcomb has the Soundex code N251, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code N251.

    Other English surnames

    All 1,446 English surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Newcomb come from?
    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”).
    How common is the surname Newcomb?
    14,292 people in the United States had the surname Newcomb in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 21,603 Americans. It ranked 2,534th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Newcomb?
    In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Newcomb identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Who is the most famous person named Newcomb?
    Simon Newcomb, American astronomer (1835–1909), followed by Theodore Newcomb.
    Where is the surname Newcomb most common?
    Wikidata records people named Newcomb in Canada and the United States.
    What type of surname is Newcomb?
    Newcomb is a nickname surname, from a description or nickname of an ancestor.
    Is the surname Newcomb getting more or less common?
    More common. 14,230 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 14,292 in 2010, up 0.4%.
    What are other spellings of Newcomb?
    Newcom.