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

Comeskey occurs in New Zealand more than any other country/territory. It may also appear as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Comeskey? popularity and diffusion

The last name Comeskey is the 1,736,881st most commonly occurring surname internationally, held by approximately 1 in 65,653,567 people. The last name Comeskey is primarily found in Oceania, where 48 percent of Comeskey are found; 48 percent are found in Australasia and 48 percent are found in Australia and New Zealand.

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

Comeskey Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Comeskey has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Comeskey surname 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 bearing the last name is primarily Catholic (73%) in Ireland.

In The United States those holding the Comeskey last name are 9.27% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 62.5% registered to vote for 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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