Find out how popular the last name Curbeam is in the United States and learn more about the meaning, history, and race and ethnic origin of people in America who are named Curbeam.

Curbeam, like all of the last names we have data for, is identified by the U.S. Census Bureau as a surname which has more than 100 occurrences in the United States in the Decennial Census survey. The most recent statistics we have for the Curbeam surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Curbeam in America

Curbeam is the 81458th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Curbeam surname appeared 232 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 people would have the surname Curbeam.

We can also compare 2010 data for Curbeam to data from the previous census in 2000. The table below contains all of the statistics for both years in a side-by-side comparison.

The history of the last name Curbeam

The surname CURBEAM has its origins in England and dates back to the late 13th century. It is derived from the Old English words "curb" and "beam," which together refer to a curved timber or beam used in construction. This name likely originated as a descriptive term for someone who worked with such beams, possibly a carpenter or builder.

The earliest recorded instance of the name CURBEAM appears in the Court Rolls of Suffolk County in 1287, where a William Curbeam is mentioned as a landowner. In the late 14th century, the name is found in the village of Hoxne, also in Suffolk, where a John Curbeam is listed in the Subsidy Rolls of 1381.

During the Tudor period, the CURBEAM name can be found in various records, including the Parish Registers of Bury St. Edmunds, where a Thomas Curbeam was baptized in 1546. Another notable early bearer of the name was Robert Curbeam, a merchant from London who was granted a coat of arms in 1583.

In the 17th century, the name appears in the Protestation Returns of 1642, a document listing those who took an oath of allegiance to the Protestant religion. Among those listed is a Nathaniel Curbeam from the county of Hertfordshire. Additionally, the Parish Registers of Sudbury, Suffolk, record the baptism of a Mary Curbeam in 1679.

One of the earliest known instances of the CURBEAM name in North America dates back to 1635, when a John Curbeam is recorded as a passenger on the ship "Blessing" bound for Virginia. In the late 18th century, a prominent figure with this surname was Benjamin Curbeam (1732-1808), a Revolutionary War soldier from Virginia who later became a Baptist preacher.

Other notable individuals with the CURBEAM surname include William Curbeam (1793-1868), an English architect responsible for designing several churches and public buildings in London, and Henry Curbeam (1857-1932), a British politician who served as a Member of Parliament for the borough of Wigan from 1900 to 1906.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Curbeam

We also have some data on the ancestry of people with the surname Curbeam.

The below race categories are the modified race categories used in the Census Bureau's population estimates program. All people were categorized into six mutually exclusive racial and Hispanic origin groups:

1. White only
2. Black only
3. American Indian and Alaskan Native only
4. Asian and Pacific Islander only
5. Hispanic
6. Two or More Races

For the most recent 2010 census data, the race/ethnic origin breakdown for Curbeam was:

Note: Any fields showing (S) means the data was suppressed for privacy so that the data does not in any way identify any specific individuals.

Since we have data from the previous census in 2000, we can also compare the values to see how the popularity of Curbeam has changed in the 10 years between the two census surveys.

Data source

The last name data and ethnic breakdown of last names is sourced directly from the Decennial Census survey, conducted every 10 years by the United States Census Bureau.

The history and meaning of the name Curbeam was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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