Coombes Surname
Approximately 16,972 people bear this surname
Coombes Surname Definition:
= Comb(e)s, q.v.
Coombes Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 8,503 | 1:6,553 | 941 |
| Australia | 2,595 | 1:10,403 | 1,543 |
| United States | 1,701 | 1:213,086 | 20,798 |
| Wales | 924 | 1:3,349 | 363 |
| Canada | 923 | 1:39,919 | 4,984 |
| New Zealand | 793 | 1:5,710 | 941 |
| South Africa | 461 | 1:117,522 | 13,988 |
| Ireland | 270 | 1:17,441 | 1,896 |
| Malawi | 157 | 1:109,039 | 12,664 |
| Scotland | 152 | 1:35,222 | 3,441 |
| Argentina | 104 | 1:410,994 | 31,358 |
| Thailand | 66 | 1:1,070,278 | 160,486 |
| France | 45 | 1:1,476,060 | 142,161 |
| Singapore | 26 | 1:211,835 | 10,313 |
| Barbados | 25 | 1:11,498 | 820 |
| Philippines | 25 | 1:4,049,529 | 157,830 |
| Northern Ireland | 22 | 1:83,865 | 5,605 |
| Gibraltar | 22 | 1:1,543 | 353 |
| Netherlands | 19 | 1:888,799 | 62,169 |
| Isle of Man | 17 | 1:5,048 | 1,065 |
| United Arab Emirates | 11 | 1:832,934 | 27,512 |
| Sweden | 9 | 1:1,094,084 | 81,336 |
| Japan | 9 | 1:14,204,921 | 46,388 |
| Greece | 8 | 1:1,384,974 | 86,362 |
| Germany | 7 | 1:11,500,780 | 305,602 |
| Mauritius | 6 | 1:215,570 | 8,537 |
| Hong Kong | 6 | 1:1,222,580 | 5,222 |
| Qatar | 6 | 1:393,000 | 55,922 |
| Italy | 6 | 1:10,192,781 | 121,657 |
| Czechia | 6 | 1:1,772,245 | 105,647 |
| Spain | 6 | 1:7,792,006 | 100,283 |
| Jersey | 5 | 1:19,840 | 3,614 |
| Malaysia | 4 | 1:7,373,556 | 230,001 |
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
| Cyprus | 3 | 1:294,959 | 8,690 |
| Belgium | 3 | 1:3,832,215 | 117,288 |
| Norway | 3 | 1:1,714,095 | 79,528 |
| Switzerland | 2 | 1:4,106,458 | 122,336 |
| Peru | 2 | 1:15,892,062 | 51,966 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 2 | 1:55,188 | 6,229 |
| Croatia | 2 | 1:2,114,302 | 85,143 |
| Zimbabwe | 2 | 1:7,719,120 | 118,432 |
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Uzbekistan | 1 | 1:30,929,142 | 67,786 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Cambodia | 1 | 1:15,487,146 | 14,824 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 54 | 1:82,035 | 5,702 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 3,079 | 1:7,917 | 1,210 |
| Wales | 93 | 1:16,865 | 1,002 |
| Guernsey | 19 | 1:1,719 | 297 |
| Scotland | 9 | 1:415,913 | 11,811 |
| Jersey | 8 | 1:6,485 | 1,119 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 134 | 1:374,766 | 28,202 |
Coombes Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
= Comb(e)s, q.v.
(English) One who came from Coombes (valleys), in Sussex.
(Cornish British) A place between hills, a valley; in the Welsh, Cwm.
Coombes Demographics
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Coombes Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Coombes Come From? nationality or country of origin
Coombes is found most in England. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Coombes click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Coombes? popularity and diffusion
It is the 31,458th most frequent family name in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 429,386 people. This surname is predominantly found in Europe, where 59 percent of Coombes live; 58 percent live in Northern Europe and 58 percent live in British Isles.
Coombes is most commonly used in England, where it is held by 8,503 people, or 1 in 6,553. In England Coombes is primarily found in: Greater London, where 10 percent reside, Hampshire, where 8 percent reside and Devon, where 7 percent reside. Without taking into account England this surname exists in 51 countries. It is also common in Australia, where 15 percent reside and The United States, where 10 percent reside.
Coombes Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Coombes has changed over time. In England the number of people who held the Coombes last name expanded 276 percent between 1881 and 2014; in The United States it expanded 1,269 percent between 1880 and 2014; in Wales it expanded 994 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Ireland it expanded 500 percent between 1901 and 2014 and in Scotland it expanded 1,689 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Coombes Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the last name is primarily Anglican (51%) in Ireland.
In The United States those bearing the Coombes last name are 16.73% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 63.5% registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Coombes earn in different countries varies markedly. In South Africa they earn 52.62% more than the national average, earning R 362,676 per year; in United States they earn 3.51% more than the national average, earning $44,664 USD per year and in Canada they earn 5.67% more than the national average, earning $52,498 CAD per year.
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Coombes Reference & Research
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Footnotes
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