Coombs Surname

17,275th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 32,065 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

Coombs Surname Definition:

= Comb(e)s, q.v.

Coombs Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States13,7541:26,3533,314
England7,6631:7,2711,058
Canada3,5081:10,5031,576
Australia3,2341:8,3471,238
Jamaica1,4351:2,000327
Wales8011:3,863419
South Africa4531:119,59814,221
New Zealand2821:16,0582,799
Trinidad and Tobago1681:8,1191,176
Scotland1511:35,4563,458
France851:781,44495,071
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines601:1,878373
Thailand441:1,605,417210,847
Spain381:1,230,31741,658
Malaysia301:983,14144,226
Singapore301:183,5907,666
Dominican Republic231:453,60614,824
Panama221:177,8305,396
Ireland171:276,9969,887
Barbados171:16,909980
Switzerland141:586,63740,624
Isle of Man141:6,1301,329
Chile131:1,355,11323,887
Brazil131:16,467,256295,032
Belize131:27,3442,013
Hong Kong131:564,2683,428
Belgium121:958,05473,966
Netherlands121:1,407,26575,423
Jersey121:8,2671,718
Ecuador101:1,590,58518,674
Germany101:8,050,546248,660
Qatar91:262,00030,726
Northern Ireland91:205,0049,958
Antigua and Barbuda91:11,0191,084
Sweden71:1,406,680102,017
Peru71:4,540,58934,489
Japan51:25,568,85950,629
Bermuda51:13,0561,849
Philippines51:20,247,645262,352
Egypt41:22,983,93862,368
Saudi Arabia41:7,713,95437,548
Grenada41:27,1341,180
Italy31:20,385,563143,117
Cook Islands31:6,0601,122
China31:455,773,85521,925
Papua New Guinea31:2,717,906153,458
Norway31:1,714,09579,528
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
Argentina21:21,371,707253,176
Cuba21:5,761,35813,825
South Korea21:25,620,1284,175
Israel21:4,278,817136,311
Venezuela11:30,204,07785,459
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Aruba11:103,4772,586
Oman11:3,687,97114,390
Bahamas11:391,7512,737
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260
Zambia11:15,849,92253,989
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220
Cyprus11:884,87613,055
United States Virgin Islands11:110,3756,934
Cayman Islands11:63,8932,384
Guernsey11:64,4392,137
Ukraine11:45,522,696503,646
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Colombia11:47,774,07244,230
Saint Martin11:35,156229
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland521:85,1905,835
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England4,8081:5,070768
Wales2431:6,454423
Jersey91:5,7651,004
Guernsey61:5,443949
Scotland61:623,86916,225
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States3,2451:15,4761,985

Coombs (34) may also be a first name.

Coombs Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

= Comb(e)s, q.v.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

(English) One who came from Coombes (valleys), in Sussex.

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

(Cornish British) A place between hills, a valley; in the Welsh, Cwm.

An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names (1857) by William Arthur

Coombs Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Coombs Come From? nationality or country of origin

Coombs occurs in The United States more than any other country/territory. It may also be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Coombs click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Coombs? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 17,275th most numerous last name world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 227,274 people. This last name is predominantly found in The Americas, where 53 percent of Coombs reside; 47 percent reside in North America and 47 percent reside in Anglo-North America. It is also the 1,775,424th most prevalent given name worldwide. It is borne by 34 people.

This last name is most prevalent in The United States, where it is held by 13,754 people, or 1 in 26,353. In The United States it is primarily found in: Utah, where 7 percent are found, California, where 7 percent are found and Florida, where 6 percent are found. Barring The United States Coombs is found in 72 countries. It also occurs in England, where 24 percent are found and Canada, where 11 percent are found.

Coombs Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Coombs has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Coombs last name increased 424 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it increased 159 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it increased 330 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it increased 2,517 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it declined 67 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Coombs Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the Coombs last name is principally Catholic (60%) in Ireland.

In The United States those bearing the Coombs last name are 8.05% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 54.82% registered with the political party.

The amount Coombs earn in different countries varies markedly. In South Africa they earn 42.75% more than the national average, earning R 339,240 per year; in United States they earn 4.05% more than the national average, earning $44,895 USD per year and in Canada they earn 0.62% less than the national average, earning $49,375 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Coomnbs921/
Choombs920/
Combs9169,508/
Coomb9146/
Coumbs83100/
Koombs838/
Coomps837/
Commbs837/
Coonbs836/
Combss831/
Cuombs831/
Coomvs831/
Combst831/
Ccombs830/
Csombs830/
Tcombs830/
Scombs830/
Comb80793/
D'Combs771/
Comps73179/
Kombs7330/
Sombs7315/
Cambs737/
Conbs737/
Cumbs735/
Combc732/
Combt731/
Coumb731/
Combz731/
Coimb731/
Zombs730/
Chambs6714/
Chomps679/
Kombst671/
Compst671/
Cuumbs671/
Casmbs670/

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Coombs Reference & Research

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Footnotes

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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Coombs
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