Tomb

See also: tomb and tömb

English

Etymology

Perhaps a variant spelling of Tom, with excrescent -b.

Proper noun

Tomb (plural Tombs)

A surname transferred from the given name.

Statistics

According to the 2010 United States Census, Tomb is the 37735^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 589 individuals. Tomb is most common among White (94.91%) individuals.

Further reading

Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Tomb”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.

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