Chumbley

English

Etymology

A pronunciation spelling of Cholmondeley, now usually pronounced /t͡sʌmliː/ under influence from other words spelled with an archaic silent ⟨b⟩ such as crumb and comb.

Proper noun

Chumbley (plural Chumbleys)

1. A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Chumbley is the 18106^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1538 individuals. Chumbley is most common among White (90.31%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Chumbley”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 334.