Gumbs surname: U.S. census count, rank and records | FamilyCrests

The Gumbs surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,885 people carried this name — #15,527 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 156,300 people counted. That is up 16% from 1,631 in 2000.

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In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 124 people named Gumbs.

25 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 4 départements, most often Guadeloupe.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they were born

Born outside France 25
Guadeloupe 93
Saint-Martin 4
Hauts-de-Seine 1
Saint-Barthélemy 1

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

Who carried it

People named Gumbs,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Benjamin Gumbs II d. 1768 · politician
  • Princess Starleaf 1921–2020
  • Philip N. Gumbs 1923–2005 · lawyer
  • Emile Gumbs 1928–2018 · politician
  • Godfrey Gumbs 1948– · scientist
  • Onaje Allan Gumbs 1949–2020 · composer

Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

When the index is not enough

This page says where Gumbs is.
A volume says what happened to it.

Every page in the index is free and stays free. The Heritage Volume is the long form: the full paper trail, the arms, the crossing — bound, and yours.

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