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    The surname Whitcomb

    A surname, carried by 8,324 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex W325

    Whitcomb: #4,263 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Whitcomb #4,263, 8,324 people Whitcomb: #4,263 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Whitcomb #4,263, 8,324 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Whitcomb is more common than 97.4% of them.

    Origin

    Variant of Whitcombe.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 8,324 people named Whitcomb in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 37,091 Americans. That is up 1.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 8,240.

    #4,263
    rank among US surnames
    8,324
    people in 2010
    2.8
    per 100,000 Americans
    +1%
    change since 2000 (was #3,954)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #4,256Scarbrough8,32737,078
    #4,259Parisi8,32637,082
    #4,261Wilhite8,32537,087
    #4,263Camara8,32437,091
    #4,265Hauck8,32237,100

    Who is named Whitcomb

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

    93% of people named Whitcomb identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.3% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 93%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 2.3%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
    • Two or more races 1.6%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Whitcombs

    3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Sami Whitcomb
      Australian basketball player (born 1988)
    • Edgar Whitcomb
      American politician (1917-2016)
    • James Whitcomb
      American politician (1795-1852)

    Notable Whitcombs come mostly from the United States (2) and Australia (1).

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Whitcomb

    Whitcomb has the Soundex code W325, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code W325.

    Questions

    Where does the surname Whitcomb come from?
    Variant of Whitcombe.
    How common is the surname Whitcomb?
    8,324 people in the United States had the surname Whitcomb in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 37,091 Americans. It ranked 4,263rd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Whitcomb?
    In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Whitcomb identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.3% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Whitcomb?
    Sami Whitcomb, Australian basketball player (born 1988), followed by Edgar Whitcomb.
    Where is the surname Whitcomb most common?
    Wikidata records people named Whitcomb in the United States and Australia.
    Is the surname Whitcomb getting more or less common?
    More common. 8,240 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 8,324 in 2010, up 1.0%.