Comfort Surname

40,362nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 12,991 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Cameroon

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.

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Comfort Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States4,7981:75,5448,650
Nigeria2,4121:73,4425,270
Cameroon2,3291:8,9181,164
Ghana1,8011:15,0031,939
England4991:111,65911,511
Canada3811:96,70810,530
Australia1861:145,13815,497
Botswana831:26,3495,307
Uganda721:542,21230,029
Iran711:1,081,44448,589
South Africa621:873,83457,209
New Zealand411:110,44714,290
Scotland411:130,5818,115
India361:21,307,372304,812
Israel321:267,42624,032
Wales201:154,72710,755
Germany161:5,031,591189,895
Switzerland131:631,76343,230
Liberia101:440,85421,753
Sudan91:4,167,7995,799
Tanzania91:5,882,40160,754
Kenya91:5,131,10045,516
Iceland71:54,2993,881
Brazil71:30,582,047441,004
Northern Ireland51:369,00715,220
Haiti41:2,670,97716,453
France41:16,605,680368,153
Belgium31:3,832,215117,288
Pakistan31:59,547,962132,569
Norway21:2,571,14395,402
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260
Yemen11:26,425,29455,147
Azerbaijan11:9,649,12247,873
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Colombia11:47,774,07244,230
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Costa Rica11:4,780,06913,345
Syria11:19,301,02222,457
Ecuador11:15,905,84650,210
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Guam11:160,1214,893
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Malawi11:17,119,10934,144
Iraq11:35,021,65431,813
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Jamaica11:2,869,94713,896
Ivory Coast11:23,071,23276,679
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland61:738,31121,113
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England3281:74,3158,151
Scotland141:267,3738,913
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1,2501:40,1754,725

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.

A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames (1896) by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley

. 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.’

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

Perhaps a corruption of the local surname Comerford.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

A Cornish name; from cûm-veor, the great valley.

Ludus Patronymicus (1868) by Richard Stephen Charnock

From Comberford; a location name in Staffordshire.

British Family Names: Their Origin and Meaning (1903) by Henry Barber

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.

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