Edgecombe

English

Etymology

Variant of Edgecomb.

Proper noun

Edgecombe (plural Edgecombes)

1. A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Edgecombe is the 35721^st most common surname in the United States, belonging to 629 individuals. Edgecombe is most common among White (52.31%) and Black/African American (40.22%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Edgecombe”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 512.