Last Name NEWCOME

Summary/Contribute


Meaning Nickname, the new-comen, a newly-settled stranger. The 'b' in Newcomb is excrescent. New-comen is the invariable form in early rolls.
Origin English, Irish

Rank 29,481 (2000 US census) 42,682 (1990 US census)
Count 755 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that
  • 98.01%, or 740 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
  • 0.79%, or 6 total occurrences, as black,
  • undisclosed % as Asian and Pacific Islander,
  • 0%, or 0 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
  • 0.66%, or 5 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
  • undisclosed % as Hispanic ethnic origin.


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