The McCombs surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 9,134 people carried this name — #3,882 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 32,300 people counted. That is up 2% from 8,927 in 2000.

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In the first U.S. census, 1790

In 1790, McCombs was counted together with McComb: 44 families in all.

Each family is counted by its head. About 252 people lived in those households, 5.7 to a family on average. The census counted these spellings together: McComb, McCombs, McCome, McCoom, McCoomb, McCoombe, McCooms, Macomb. The table lists white heads of families only, in the twelve states whose 1790 records survive; Virginia’s figures come from state lists of 1782–1785.

Families, by state

Pennsylvania 20
South Carolina 7
New York 5
North Carolina 5
Maryland 4
Connecticut 2
Massachusetts 1

U.S. Census Bureau, «A Century of Population Growth from the First Census of the United States to the Twelfth, 1790–1900» (Washington, 1909), table 111, p. 252 — public domain · names carried by at least 100 white persons in 1790.

In print

McCombs in American newspapers,
1912–1913.

Newspaper page from The Hattiesburg News carrying the name McCombs
The Hattiesburg News 1912-07-12
Newspaper page from Casco Bay Breeze carrying the name McCombs
Casco Bay Breeze 1913-06-26
Newspaper page from The Ekalaka Eagle carrying the name McCombs
The Ekalaka Eagle 1912-09-13

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 100,564 pages in all carry the name.

In print

McCombs in Australian newspapers,
1890s–1960s.

392 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss McCombs. The most, 156, date from the 1930s. Weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, it stands out most in Victoria, at 1.5 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

Victoria 108
New South Wales 85
Queensland 73
South Australia 46
Western Australia 40
Tasmania 30
ACT (Canberra) 3
Northern Territory 1

Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss McCombs.

Who carried it

People named McCombs,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Elizabeth McCombs
    Elizabeth McCombs 1873–1935 · politician
  • James McCombs
    James McCombs 1873–1933 · politician
  • William F. McCombs
    William F. McCombs 1876–1921 · lawyer
  • Terry McCombs
    Terry McCombs 1905–1982 · head teacher
  • Red McCombs 1927–2023 · businessperson
  • Maxwell E. McCombs 1938–2024 · communication scholar

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0.

In the public record

People named McCombs,
in the records of 5 countries.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States234 records

234 records of the McCombs name in the United States
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 118
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 48
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 33
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 21
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 6
  • Irish Famine arrivals at New York, 1846–1851 4
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 2
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 1
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Hoyt W. McCombs

    Born 1917 in Oklahoma. Enlisted 1940; farm hand. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1996, buried at Dollarhide Cemetery, De Queen, Arkansas.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record David Leroy McCombs

    Born 1943; from Oskaloosa, Iowa. U.S. Army, combat engineer; killed in action 1969 in Tay Ninh, South Vietnam.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)
  3. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record John McCombs

    Arrived at New York in 1853 aboard the Yorkshire from Liverpool, aged 50; laborer. From England.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)

Showing 3 of 234 records for McCombs in the United States.

Counts: U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Famine Irish Passenger Records (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

Canada16 records

16 records of the McCombs name in Canada
  • Nova Scotia Archives name indexes 7
  • Canadian Virtual War Memorial 6
  • City of Calgary cemetery records 2
  • City of Winnipeg cemetery records 1
  1. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Susan Elizabeth McCombs

    Buried in 1969 at Queen's Park Cemetery, Calgary, Alberta, aged 69.

    City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary.
  2. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record George Edgar McCombs

    Died 1924 in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.
  3. A Canadian First World War grave register card for a soldier who died of wounds in 1917
    Example: Canadian war grave register, 1917
    War record Wilbert Charles McCombs

    Died in service in 1945.

    Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada.

Showing 3 of 16 records for McCombs in Canada.

Counts: Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia. · Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada. · City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary. · City of Winnipeg. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Winnipeg. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, photo by Edgar El (CC BY 3.0); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0); Canadian First World War circumstances-of-death register (scan by Scottgraham87 via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0).

Australia12 records

12 records of the McCombs name in Australia
  • Queensland State Archives indexes 11
  • Tasmanian Names Index 1
  1. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Robert McCombs

    Arrived in Queensland in 1887 aboard the Dorunda, aged 16.

    Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Elizabeth McCombs

    Married 1853 in Hobart, Tasmania, aged 25.

    Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record William Geo McCombs

    Arrived in Queensland in 1886 aboard the Quetta, aged 20.

    Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 12 records for McCombs in Australia.

Counts: Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0) · Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain).

New Zealand6 records

6 records of the McCombs name in New Zealand Christchurch City cemetery records
  1. A page of the burial register of Newtown, Wales, 1858
    Example: burial register, 1858
    Burial record Beryl Lavinia McCombs

    Died 1952, aged 43; buried at Ruru Lawn, Christchurch, Canterbury.

    Christchurch City Council (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A page of the burial register of Newtown, Wales, 1858
    Example: burial register, 1858
    Burial record Kate McCombs

    Died 1913, aged 73; buried at Waimairi Cemetery, Christchurch, Canterbury.

    Christchurch City Council (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A page of the burial register of Newtown, Wales, 1858
    Example: burial register, 1858
    Burial record Elizabeth Reid McCombs

    Died 1935, aged 61; buried at Waimairi Cemetery, Christchurch, Canterbury.

    Christchurch City Council (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 6 records for McCombs in New Zealand.

Counts: Christchurch City Council (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Burial register of Newtown, Montgomeryshire, 1858, National Library of Wales (CC0).

United Kingdom1 record

1 record of the McCombs name in the United Kingdom War Office casualty lists, 1917–1919, among the dead
  1. A First World War roll of honour of the staff of C. & E. Morton Ltd
    Example: roll of honour, 1914–1919
    War record J. McCombs

    Lance Corporal, Lancashire Fusiliers. Listed among the dead in the War Office casualty list of 1918.

    National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain)

Counts: National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: C. & E. Morton Ltd roll of honour, 1914–1919, photo by Adrian S Pye via Geograph (CC BY-SA 2.0).

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