Comerford Surname

53,597th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 9,523 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Ireland

Comerford Surname Definition:

(English) belonging to Comberford (Staffs), 12th cent. Cumbreford [the first element may be from Old English cumb, a valley, pl. cumbru; or be the Anglo-Saxon pers. name Cumbra (prob. from Old English cumbor, a banner, insignia]

Comerford Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States3,8201:94,88510,646
Ireland2,2881:2,058391
England1,5281:36,4654,776
Australia1,0031:26,9153,660
Canada3541:104,08411,244
Scotland2131:25,1352,755
New Zealand1091:41,5446,955
Northern Ireland531:34,8123,411
Wales531:58,3875,284
Thailand171:4,155,197336,594
Switzerland111:746,62949,719
France91:7,380,302306,885
South Africa91:6,019,745157,966
Qatar91:262,00030,726
Germany61:13,417,576340,600
United Arab Emirates61:1,527,04651,993
Italy41:15,289,172132,955
Mexico41:31,031,55163,627
Sweden31:3,282,252190,759
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
China21:683,660,78330,601
Vietnam21:46,323,0275,235
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260
Costa Rica11:4,780,06913,345
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Dominican Republic11:10,432,93236,508
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
Peru11:31,784,12364,452
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Monaco11:37,0664,748
Malta11:430,2723,380
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Jersey11:99,2026,620
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Estonia11:1,321,80440,178
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland1,1421:3,879686
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England2031:120,07611,454
Scotland171:220,1897,953
Wales101:156,8426,008
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States3971:126,49512,200

Comerford (10) may also be a first name.

Comerford Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(English) belonging to Comberford (Staffs), 12th cent. Cumbreford [the first element may be from Old English cumb, a valley, pl. cumbru; or be the Anglo-Saxon pers. name Cumbra (prob. from Old English cumbor, a banner, insignia]

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

Comartán A hibernicized English family, prominent in Ireland since 1210. Occasionally used for Cumiskey in the Cavan-Longford area. MIF 63; Map Kilk

A Guide to Irish Names (1964) by Edward MacLysaght

(English) One who came from Comberford (Combra’s ford), in Staffordshire.

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

Comerford Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Comerford Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Comerford is more frequently found in The United States than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Comerford? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 53,597th most widely held surname internationally It is held by around 1 in 765,257 people. Comerford occurs mostly in Europe, where 44 percent of Comerford live; 44 percent live in North America and 44 percent live in Anglo-North America. It is also the 3,684,242nd most frequently held forename in the world It is held by 10 people.

It is most frequently used in The United States, where it is borne by 3,820 people, or 1 in 94,885. In The United States it is most common in: New York, where 16 percent are found, California, where 8 percent are found and Florida, where 7 percent are found. Other than The United States it occurs in 39 countries. It also occurs in Ireland, where 24 percent are found and England, where 16 percent are found.

Comerford Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Comerford has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Comerford last name increased 962 percent between 1880 and 2014; in Ireland it increased 200 percent between 1901 and 2014; in England it increased 753 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it increased 1,253 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Wales it increased 530 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Comerford Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the last name is primarily Catholic (98%) in Ireland.

In The United States those holding the Comerford surname are 5.73% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 52.5% being registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Comerford earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 74.88% less than the national average, earning R 59,700 per year; in United States they earn 19.5% more than the national average, earning $51,561 USD per year and in Canada they earn 16.06% more than the national average, earning $57,662 CAD per year.

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