McCombs Coat of Arms, Crest and Name Facts

Search old registers for McCombs and you will soon meet Macomber too. The family name meaning is “The son of Tom, a pet form of Thomas (a twin)”, the same as for Macomber.

Heraldry and the McCombs name

Heraldry is personal: arms associated with the Macomber surname were borne by specific families, and sharing the name does not mean sharing the blazon.

Spelling and variants

Before spelling was fixed, Macomber was also written McCombs. Other spellings include McComb.

The 2010 US Census counted 9,134 people named McCombs, ranking it number 3,882 among American surnames. That is enough to place it in the top 5,000 American surnames. Get the complete McCombs report, with a museum-style coat of arms.