Comforth Surname

7,117,718th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 7 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Cameroon

Comforth Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Comforth Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria41:44,285,690437,567
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland11:4,429,86640,727
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England251:975,01539,671
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States471:1,068,48362,061

Comforth (357) may also be a first name.

Comforth Last Name Facts

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

The surname Comforth is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Comforth? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 7,117,718th most numerous surname on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. The surname Comforth occurs predominantly in Africa, where 71 percent of Comforth reside; 57 percent reside in West Africa and 57 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 461,021st most commonly held first name throughout the world. It is borne by 357 people.

Comforth is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is held by 4 people, or 1 in 44,285,690. In Nigeria Comforth is most common in: Abia, where 100 percent reside. Other than Nigeria this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 29 percent reside and Cameroon, where 14 percent reside.

Comforth Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Comforth has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Comforth surname contracted 96 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Comfort9312,991/
Conforth88102/
Comforte8833/
Komforth8811/
Compfort888/
Comforts884/
Comffort882/
Commfort881/
Comfortt881/
Comnfort881/
Conmfort881/
Confort80856/
Comford80140/
Komfort8067/
Camfort8039/
Comfert8012/
Comfart801/
Conforte751,287/
Campfort7598/
Confortt755/
Comphort754/
Canforth751/
Commford750/
Campforts71163/
Kemfort6762/
Conford6740/
Konfort6722/
Camford675/
Confart674/
Kamfort672/
Komfortova671/
Komfert671/
Confortová671/
Confert670/
Canfort670/
Camfert670/

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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 Comforth
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