Comfort Surname
Approximately 12,991 people bear this surname
Comfort Surname Definition:
This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Comport.' Mr. F. A. Crisp, in one of his collections of pedigrees, clearly shows that the family of Comport was frequently known as Comfort. Nevertheless, Comfort is found so early as the Hundred Rolls of 1273.
Read More About This SurnameComfort Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 4,798 | 1:75,544 | 8,650 |
| Nigeria | 2,412 | 1:73,442 | 5,270 |
| Cameroon | 2,329 | 1:8,918 | 1,164 |
| Ghana | 1,801 | 1:15,003 | 1,939 |
| England | 499 | 1:111,659 | 11,511 |
| Canada | 381 | 1:96,708 | 10,530 |
| Australia | 186 | 1:145,138 | 15,497 |
| Botswana | 83 | 1:26,349 | 5,307 |
| Uganda | 72 | 1:542,212 | 30,029 |
| Iran | 71 | 1:1,081,444 | 48,589 |
| South Africa | 62 | 1:873,834 | 57,209 |
| New Zealand | 41 | 1:110,447 | 14,290 |
| Scotland | 41 | 1:130,581 | 8,115 |
| India | 36 | 1:21,307,372 | 304,812 |
| Israel | 32 | 1:267,426 | 24,032 |
| Wales | 20 | 1:154,727 | 10,755 |
| Germany | 16 | 1:5,031,591 | 189,895 |
| Switzerland | 13 | 1:631,763 | 43,230 |
| Liberia | 10 | 1:440,854 | 21,753 |
| Sudan | 9 | 1:4,167,799 | 5,799 |
| Tanzania | 9 | 1:5,882,401 | 60,754 |
| Kenya | 9 | 1:5,131,100 | 45,516 |
| Iceland | 7 | 1:54,299 | 3,881 |
| Brazil | 7 | 1:30,582,047 | 441,004 |
| Northern Ireland | 5 | 1:369,007 | 15,220 |
| Haiti | 4 | 1:2,670,977 | 16,453 |
| France | 4 | 1:16,605,680 | 368,153 |
| Belgium | 3 | 1:3,832,215 | 117,288 |
| Pakistan | 3 | 1:59,547,962 | 132,569 |
| Norway | 2 | 1:2,571,143 | 95,402 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 1:9,649,122 | 47,873 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 1:4,780,069 | 13,345 |
| Syria | 1 | 1:19,301,022 | 22,457 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Guam | 1 | 1:160,121 | 4,893 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Jamaica | 1 | 1:2,869,947 | 13,896 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 6 | 1:738,311 | 21,113 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 328 | 1:74,315 | 8,151 |
| Scotland | 14 | 1:267,373 | 8,913 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1,250 | 1:40,175 | 4,725 |
Comfort (510,430) may also be a first name.
Comfort Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Comport.' Mr. F. A. Crisp, in one of his collections of pedigrees, clearly shows that the family of Comport was frequently known as Comfort. Nevertheless, Comfort is found so early as the Hundred Rolls of 1273. Therefore in some cases it may be a nickname. But the local derivation is preferable.
Richard Cumfort, Oxfordshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.
William Cumfort, rector, Close Rolls, 14 Henry VI.
Mr. Crisp (Fragmenta Genealogica) has 'Edward Comport, alias Comford, of Chiselhurst, Kent' His son was 'Richard Comport, alias Comfort, of Chiselhurst.' It is curious to observe that in the Modern Domesday Book (1875) the county of Kent is represented by one Comfort and four Comports. Hence it is certain that Comfort is in many cases an imitative variant of Comport, or Comford, a local surname.
1665. Married — Abraham Comefort and Kathern Mitchell: St. James, Clerkenwell.
1794. — Edward Edwards and Jane Comport: St. George, Hanover Square.
. This is a doubtful name. It may easily be, and probably is, a corrupt form of the preceding name (Comerford). On the other hand, Bardsley has found the form Cumfort in both the Hundred Rolls and the Close Rolls, showing the possibility of the name being what it appears to be, viz., from the French confort, 'help,’ ‘comfort.’
Perhaps a corruption of the local surname Comerford.
A Cornish name; from cûm-veor, the great valley.
From Comberford; a location name in Staffordshire.
Comfort Demographics
Average Male Comfort Height
176.49 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Comfort Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Comfort Come From? nationality or country of origin
Comfort is found in The United States more than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Comfort? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 40,362nd most frequent family name in the world, held by around 1 in 560,969 people. The surname Comfort is predominantly found in Africa, where 52 percent of Comfort are found; 40 percent are found in North America and 40 percent are found in Anglo-North America. Comfort is also the 1,983rd most widespread forename on earth It is held by 510,430 people.
The surname Comfort is most frequently used in The United States, where it is held by 4,798 people, or 1 in 75,544. In The United States it is mostly found in: California, where 11 percent reside, New York, where 10 percent reside and Pennsylvania, where 8 percent reside. Beside The United States it exists in 54 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 19 percent reside and Cameroon, where 18 percent reside.
Comfort Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Comfort has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Comfort surname rose 384 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it rose 152 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it rose 293 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it fell 83 percent between 1901 and 2014.
Comfort Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the last name is primarily Catholic (50%) in Ireland, Christian (100%) in Kenya and Muslim (63%) in Nigeria.
In The United States those holding the Comfort surname are 9.5% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 56.27% registered with the party.
The amount Comfort earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 87.24% more than the national average, earning R 444,948 per year; in United States they earn 6.6% more than the national average, earning $45,996 USD per year and in Canada they earn 4.79% more than the national average, earning $52,061 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Comforte | 93 | 33 | / |
| Compfort | 93 | 8 | / |
| Comforth | 93 | 7 | / |
| Comforts | 93 | 4 | / |
| Comffort | 93 | 2 | / |
| Conmfort | 93 | 1 | / |
| Comfortt | 93 | 1 | / |
| Commfort | 93 | 1 | / |
| Chomfort | 93 | 1 | / |
| Comnfort | 93 | 1 | / |
| Comfor | 92 | 28 | / |
| Confort | 86 | 856 | / |
| Comford | 86 | 140 | / |
| Komfort | 86 | 67 | / |
| Camfort | 86 | 39 | / |
| Comfert | 86 | 12 | / |
| Comforz | 86 | 4 | / |
| Cumfort | 86 | 2 | / |
| Compfor | 86 | 1 | / |
| Comfart | 86 | 1 | / |
| Comfotr | 86 | 1 | / |
| Conforte | 80 | 1,287 | / |
| Conforth | 80 | 102 | / |
| Campfort | 80 | 98 | / |
| Chamfort | 80 | 59 | / |
| Komforth | 80 | 11 | / |
| Confortt | 80 | 5 | / |
| Comphort | 80 | 4 | / |
| Commford | 80 | 0 | / |
| Komfor | 77 | 55 | / |
| Confor | 77 | 7 | / |
| Camfor | 77 | 1 | / |
| Campforts | 75 | 163 | / |
| Champfort | 75 | 9 | / |
| Somford | 71 | 67 | / |
| Kemfort | 71 | 62 | / |
| Conford | 71 | 40 | / |
| Konfort | 71 | 22 | / |
| Comphor | 71 | 13 | / |
| Samfort | 71 | 8 | / |
| Camford | 71 | 5 | / |
| Zamfort | 71 | 4 | / |
| Confart | 71 | 4 | / |
| Kamfort | 71 | 2 | / |
| Komfuor | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kumfort | 71 | 1 | / |
| Confortová | 71 | 1 | / |
| Comfare | 71 | 1 | / |
| Confour | 71 | 1 | / |
| Komfortova | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kompfor | 71 | 1 | / |
| Komfert | 71 | 1 | / |
| Confore | 71 | 0 | / |
| Sonfort | 71 | 0 | / |
| Confert | 71 | 0 | / |
| Canfort | 71 | 0 | / |
| Camfert | 71 | 0 | / |
| Cumford | 71 | 0 | / |
| Camphort | 67 | 44 | / |
| Konforte | 67 | 34 | / |
| Konforts | 67 | 29 | / |
| Zumpfort | 67 | 9 | / |
| Csamford | 67 | 2 | / |
| Kompfert | 67 | 1 | / |
| Canforth | 67 | 1 | / |
| Campford | 67 | 1 | / |
| Sampfort | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kempfort | 67 | 1 | / |
| Connford | 67 | 0 | / |
| Scamford | 67 | 0 | / |
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