Last Name COMBES

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Meaning	Local: At the comb, i.e. the cell or hollow in the hillside. An enormous number of local compounds are based on this word, probably because, being sheltered, habitations were made there. Celtic 'cwm,' a hollow. 'Camb,' refers to the crest of the hill. Combs and Combes have taken 's' as a suffix, as with many other one-syllabled local surnames: Styles, Brooks, Briggs, Holmes, etc.

Origin	English, Jewish, French, Irish, Romanian, Belgian, Zimbabwean, Hungarian

Rank	21,620 (2000 US census)	22,374 (1990 US census)

Count	1,124 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that

91.1%, or 1024 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
2.14%, or 24 total occurrences, as black,
2.49%, or 28 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
0.98%, or 11 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
0.62%, or 7 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
2.67%, or 30 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.

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