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CUMBER

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There are approximately 568 people named Cumber in the UK. That makes it the 9,857th most common surname overall. Out of every million people in the UK, approximately 9 are named Cumber.

Region of origin

British Isles

Country of origin

England

Language of origin

English

Religion of origin

Christian

Classification

English
Occupational Name

Related and similar surnames

Comber
Comer
Coomber
Cumbee
Cumbe
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Cumba
Cambier
Coumber
Cumbear
Cumbar
Cowmber
Coumbers
Coumbeer
Coombber
Cumbari
Coombeer
Coumbure
Coombers
Cumbard
Cumberage
Coombery
Coombert
Cumbea
Cumbae
Cuambers
Cumbei
Cumbaw

The Cumber surname in historical dictionaries

CUMBER. 1. The same as Comber. 2. " One of the A-Sax. words for an ensign or standard was cuvibor, whence probably Cumbra, the name of an A-Sax, chief, A.D. 756. (Roger of Wendover). One haA'ing or bearing a standard. Ferguson.

Lower, Mark A (1860) Patronymica Britannica: a dictionary of the family names of the United Kingdom. London: J.R. Smith. Public Domain.

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