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    The surname Newcombe

    A surname, carried by 1,589 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex N251

    Newcombe: #17,668 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Newcombe #17,668, 1,589 people Newcombe: #17,668 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Newcombe #17,668, 1,589 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Newcombe is more common than 89.1% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,589 people named Newcombe in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 194,302 Americans. That is up 2.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,550.

    #17,668
    rank among US surnames
    1,589
    people in 2010
    0.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    +2.5%
    change since 2000 (was #16,931)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #17,662Brownstein1,590194,180
    #17,668Moravec1,589194,302
    #17,673Siqueiros1,588194,424

    Who is named Newcombe

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

    87% of people named Newcombe identified as white (not Hispanic), 6.1% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 87%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 6.1%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.8%
    • Two or more races 2.5%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.9%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Newcombes

    2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • John Newcombe
      Australian tennis player, born 1944
    • Anton Newcombe
      American musician, born 1967

    Notable Newcombes come mostly from Australia (1) and the United States (1).

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Newcombe

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

    Questions

    How common is the surname Newcombe?
    1,589 people in the United States had the surname Newcombe in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 194,302 Americans. It ranked 17,668th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Newcombe?
    In the 2010 Census, 87% of people named Newcombe identified as white (not Hispanic), and 6.1% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Newcombe?
    John Newcombe, Australian tennis player, followed by Anton Newcombe.
    Where is the surname Newcombe most common?
    Wikidata records people named Newcombe in Australia and the United States.
    Is the surname Newcombe getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,550 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,589 in 2010, up 2.5%.