Cumings

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Scottish Gaelic Cuimeinich, presumably from Anglo-Norman de Comyn, which was a surname of toponymic origin, either from Commin near Rouen or Comines near Lille. Variant of Cummings.

Proper noun

Cumings (plural Cumingses)

1. A surname.

Derived terms

• Cummington
• cummingtonite

 

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Cumings is the 34835^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 648 individuals. Cumings is most common among White (89.97%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Cumings”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 394.