Common Lumbee Surnames
Barnes
Barton
Bell
Berry
Braveboy, Brayboy, Braboy
Brooks
Bullard
Chavous, Chavis, Chavers, Chaves
Coleman
Cumbo, Cumbow, Combo
Cummings
Dial
Goins, Goin, Going, Gowen, Gowan, Goan, Goen
Graham
Hammonds, Hammond, Hammons
Hunt
Jacobs
Johnson
Jones
Kersey
Locklier, Locklear, Lockalier, Lockileer, Lockler, Luckler, Lockleyah
Lowrie, Lowry, Lowery
Maynor, Manor, Minor, Mainer
Moore
Oxendine
Revels, Revil
Sampson
Sanderson
Smith
Strickland
Sweat, Swett, Sweet
Vaun
Wilkins
This table shows the overlap between the surnames of Lumbees and Melungeons. Such commonalities indicate the movement of families from one group to another, and it is interesting to note their variant identities and versions of family history, as descendents moved from place to place. These variances correspond in some ways to the story of America as a whole, which is very much a story of re-invented identities and histories, the longer one’s family is in this country.