Gumbs Surname

56,413th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 8,990 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Saint Martin

Gumbs Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Gumbs Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2,5011:144,92614,981
Saint Martin2,3731:152
Anguilla8621:162
Saint Kitts and Nevis4531:12218
England4441:125,49112,566
United States Virgin Islands4171:26517
Trinidad and Tobago2581:5,287848
Netherlands2391:70,65812,018
Saint Barthelemy2361:4110
British Virgin Islands2311:13722
Dominican Republic2001:52,1652,646
Aruba1521:68188
Canada1101:334,96030,494
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines1091:1,034237
Panama1001:39,1232,088
France801:830,28498,964
Antigua and Barbuda441:2,254360
Ecuador361:441,82910,328
Guyana271:28,2303,128
Curaçao191:8,276277
Jamaica131:220,7656,223
Barbados111:26,1321,223
Spain81:5,844,00486,878
Sweden61:1,641,126116,183
Costa Rica61:796,6785,462
Qatar61:393,00055,922
Wales51:618,90625,852
Saint Lucia51:35,7561,958
Sudan41:9,377,5498,207
Norway31:1,714,09579,528
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
Puerto Rico21:1,775,0706,602
Dominica21:37,946685
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
Belgium21:5,748,322130,559
Germany21:40,252,730481,636
Scotland21:2,676,90851,579
Australia21:13,497,850222,987
Bangladesh11:159,356,77326,077
Bahrain11:1,348,60810,432
Vietnam11:92,646,0548,382
Swaziland11:1,298,1991,718
Suriname11:552,6169,664
San Marino11:33,214932
Sri Lanka11:20,808,56018,521
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Bermuda11:65,2793,010
Cuba11:11,522,71617,380
Namibia11:2,409,40119,676
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Georgia11:3,745,54547,852
Grenada11:108,5351,793
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States161:3,138,668142,671

Gumbs (12) may also be a first name.

Gumbs Last Name Facts

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

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

How Common Is The Last Name Gumbs? popularity and diffusion

Gumbs is the 56,413th most frequently used last name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 810,628 people. The surname Gumbs is mostly found in The Americas, where 90 percent of Gumbs are found; 61 percent are found in Caribbean and 30 percent are found in Gallo-Caribbean. It is also the 3,306,491st most prevalent given name on earth, borne by 12 people.

This last name is most frequently used in The United States, where it is carried by 2,501 people, or 1 in 144,926. In The United States it is mostly found in: New York, where 36 percent are found, Florida, where 13 percent are found and Georgia, where 6 percent are found. Apart from The United States Gumbs occurs in 53 countries. It also occurs in Saint Martin, where 26 percent are found and Anguilla, where 10 percent are found.

Gumbs Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Gumbs has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Gumbs surname grew 15,631 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Gumbs Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Gumbs last name are 22.17% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 75.4% being registered with the party.

The amount Gumbs earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 80.26% more than the national average, earning 623,840 kr per year; in United States they earn 2.32% less than the national average, earning $42,147 USD per year and in Canada they earn 3.1% more than the national average, earning $51,225 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Gummbs911/
Gumb89435/
Umbs89126/
Gumbsch834/
Humbs80202/
Ngumb8099/
Gombs8053/
Gumps8013/
Gimbs8012/
Ghumb804/
Gumbd802/
Goumb802/
Gumbx801/
Gumbt801/
Gunmb801/
Gunbs801/
Goombs7337/
Ngoumb733/
Gumpse731/
Gump673,511/
Gomb6778/
Humbsch6724/
Ombs6716/
Gunb679/
Umps672/
Umbz671/

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Gumbs Reference & Research

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Gumbs
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis