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 most frequently in New Zealand. It can occur as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Comeskey? popularity and diffusion

The surname Comeskey is the 1,736,881st most widespread surname worldwide It is held by around 1 in 65,653,567 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 48 percent of Comeskey reside; 48 percent reside in Australasia and 48 percent reside in Australia and New Zealand.

It is most numerous in New Zealand, where it is carried by 47 people, or 1 in 96,347. In New Zealand it is most numerous in: Wellington Region, where 70 percent reside, Canterbury Region, where 13 percent reside and Waikato Region, where 13 percent reside. Outside of New Zealand it occurs in 6 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 39 percent reside and England, where 9 percent reside.

Comeskey Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Comeskey has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Comeskey last name rose 195 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it rose 167 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it contracted 93 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Comeskey Last Name Statistics demography

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

In The United States those holding the Comeskey surname are 9.27% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 62.5% being 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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