Comeskey Surname

1,736,881st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 111 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
New Zealand
Highest density in:
New Zealand

Comeskey Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Comeskey Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
New Zealand471:96,34713,070
United States431:8,429,278367,833
England101:5,571,806158,774
Australia61:4,499,284146,780
Canada31:12,281,864364,614
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland151:295,32411,912
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England61:4,062,562101,150
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States221:2,282,667111,005

Comeskey Last Name Facts

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

The surname Comeskey is found in New Zealand more than any other country or territory. It can also occur as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Comeskey.

How Common Is The Last Name Comeskey? popularity and diffusion

Comeskey is the 1,736,881st most widespread last name at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 65,653,567 people. Comeskey is primarily found in Oceania, where 48 percent of Comeskey live; 48 percent live in Australasia and 48 percent live in Australia and New Zealand.

The last name Comeskey is most commonly occurring in New Zealand, where it is held by 47 people, or 1 in 96,347. In New Zealand Comeskey is most frequent in: Wellington Region, where 70 percent live, Canterbury Region, where 13 percent live and Waikato Region, where 13 percent live. Apart from New Zealand this last name occurs in 6 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 39 percent live and England, where 9 percent live.

Comeskey Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Comeskey has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Comeskey last name expanded 195 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it expanded 167 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it decreased 93 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Comeskey Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the Comeskey last name is primarily Catholic (73%) in Ireland.

In The United States those bearing the Comeskey surname are 9.27% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 62.5% registered with the party.

Comeskey earn a lot more than the average income. In United States they earn 44.36% more than the national average, earning $62,288 USD per year.

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Comeskey
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