as a Last Name
- 15,722
- people in the U.S. have this name Get contact details for people named Newcomb
Meaning & Origins
English: nickname for a new arrival in a place, from Middle English newe-come(n) ‘recently come’, ‘just arrived’. The intrusive -b- is the result of the influence of place names ending in -combe (see Coombe).
| 2,327th in the U.S. for 2011 |
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Quick facts
- Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 15,722
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- Maine
- has the most people named Newcomb per capita
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