Duncombe Surname

110,820th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4,193 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
Bahamas

Duncombe Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Duncombe.' I have not identified the spot.

1598. Francis Duncombe and Temperance Rudd: Marriage Lic (London).

1752. Married — Christopher Crowe and Barbara Duncombe: St.

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Duncombe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1,2311:45,2625,704
Bahamas1,0181:38586
United States7591:477,54840,495
Australia7041:38,3464,988
Canada1751:210,54620,414
Jamaica881:32,6132,338
Wales431:71,9666,223
Philippines381:2,664,164134,326
Northern Ireland251:73,8015,249
Singapore171:323,98313,856
South Africa151:3,611,847123,156
Thailand151:4,709,223352,754
Switzerland131:631,76343,230
France121:5,535,227269,324
Turks and Caicos Islands91:3,814352
Scotland71:764,83125,488
New Zealand61:754,72041,661
United Arab Emirates41:2,290,56860,372
Spain21:23,376,018128,922
Ecuador21:7,952,92334,269
Luxembourg21:290,2718,611
Hong Kong21:3,667,74211,574
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England7461:32,6754,333
Wales51:313,68310,604
Scotland11:3,743,21632,299
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States641:784,66749,209

Duncombe Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Duncombe.' I have not identified the spot.

1598. Francis Duncombe and Temperance Rudd: Marriage Lic (London).

1752. Married — Christopher Crowe and Barbara Duncombe: St. George, Hanover Square.

1803. — Edward Duncumb and Hester Cade: ibid.

A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames (1896) by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley

(English) belonging to Duncombe = (prob.) the Brown Valley or Hollow [Old English dun(n, dark brown + cumb (Welsh cwm), a valley, &c.]

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

Or D’Engaine, from Engen or Ingen, near Boulogne. Richard and William de Ingen accompanied the Conqueror. The former in 1086 held a barony in Bucks, &c. (Domesd.). Vitalis D’Ingen, his son, t. Henry I., had Richard, who m. a dau. of Alberic de Yer, Earl of Oxford, and was Baron of Blatherwick, Northants. His son, Richard D'Engaine, 1165, held in Bucks from Paganel of Dudley (Liber Niger); and had, 1, Vitalis, ancestor of the Barons D'Engaine by writ, 1296; 2, Ralph D’Engaine (written Dungun or Dungeom in the Testa de Neville), who held Holcombe, Oxford, and in 1253 as Ralph D’Ungun was Lord of Tingewick, Bucks (Testa; Rot. Hundr.). From him descended the Dengaines, Dunguns, or Dungeoms, gradually written Duncombe, Lords of Brickhill, Bucks, 16th cent.; and in the female line the Earls of Feversham and the Baronets Duncombe.

The Norman People (1874)

From Duncomb; a location name in Durham.

British Family Names: Their Origin and Meaning (1903) by Henry Barber

The Duncombes of Beds and Bucks in the 16th and 17th centuries were gentry of note and position, whose names occur among the list of contributors to the fund collected at the time of the expected invasion of the Spanish Armada in 1588 (Sp.). Those of Bedfordshire lived at that time at Battlesden and other places, and served as sheriffs for the county (H.). The Duncombes or Doncombes of Bucks lived in the 16th century at Great Brickell, Barliende, Wingrave, Dinton, and East Claidon (Lipscomb's "Bucks").

Homes of Family Names in Great Britain (1890) by Henry Brougham Guppy

Duncombe Last Name Facts

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

The last name Duncombe is carried by more people in England than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of Duncombe.

How Common Is The Last Name Duncombe? popularity and diffusion

The last name Duncombe is the 110,820th most common family name on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 1,738,027 people. It is primarily found in The Americas, where 46 percent of Duncombe reside; 31 percent reside in Northern Europe and 31 percent reside in British Isles.

The surname is most commonly occurring in England, where it is carried by 1,231 people, or 1 in 45,262. In England Duncombe is most common in: Greater London, where 15 percent are found, West Midlands, where 13 percent are found and Essex, where 7 percent are found. Apart from England this surname occurs in 27 countries. It also occurs in The Bahamas, where 24 percent are found and The United States, where 18 percent are found.

Duncombe Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Duncombe has changed over time. In England the share of the population with the surname grew 165 percent between 1881 and 2014; in The United States it grew 1,186 percent between 1880 and 2014; in Wales it grew 860 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Scotland it grew 700 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Duncombe Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Duncombe surname are 4.73% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 51.5% being registered with the political party.

The amount Duncombe earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 165.6% more than the national average, earning R 631,164 per year; in United States they earn 4.64% more than the national average, earning $45,149 USD per year and in Canada they earn 19.51% more than the national average, earning $59,377 CAD per year.

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