Last Name CUMMING

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Meaning Local: De Comines. This is the customary Norman derivation. It is possible that William Cumine, Lord Chancellor of Scotland, is said to have laid the foundation of what became one of the most influential houses in Scotland.
A corruption of Comeyn, anciently de Com- minges, from Comminges in France. The badge of the family is the cumin-plant, and their arms are azure three garbs of cumin or. They are descended from John Cumyn, Lord of Badenoch.
Origin English, Scottish, Irish, Belgian, South african

Rank 9,138 (2000 US census) 7,288 (1990 US census)
Count 3,282 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that
  • 87.63%, or 2876 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
  • 8.07%, or 265 total occurrences, as black,
  • 0.55%, or 18 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
  • 0.85%, or 28 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
  • 1.07%, or 35 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
  • 1.83%, or 60 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.


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There are three names consisting of 11 characters: Christopher, Margueritta, and Margueritte

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