Comrie Surname

130,280th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3,473 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Jamaica

Comrie Surname Definition:

From the lands of the name in Perthshire, now a parish and village. John Combry, son of John Combry de eodem granted a charter of the lands of Combry, Kungart, etc., 1476 (Oliphants, p. 34). John de Cumre had a charter in 1447 (RMS., II, 640), and John Comrie in the paroch of Comrie is in record, 1673 (Edin.

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Comrie Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States8611:420,97436,479
Jamaica5361:5,354687
Scotland5131:10,4361,439
Canada4921:74,8898,461
England3731:149,37814,295
South Africa2211:245,14825,005
Australia1991:135,65714,662
New Zealand1341:33,7935,839
Panama821:47,7102,355
Wales261:119,0209,008
Aruba141:7,3911,045
Saint Kitts and Nevis41:13,800846
Ecuador31:5,301,94930,184
Switzerland21:4,106,458122,336
Thailand21:35,319,172966,191
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
France11:66,422,722504,397
Trinidad and Tobago11:1,363,97522,013
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Venezuela11:30,204,07785,459
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
Dominican Republic11:10,432,93236,508
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland81:553,73317,655
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Scotland4451:8,4121,137
England451:541,67528,673
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States601:836,97851,589

Comrie (51) may also be a first name.

Comrie Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

From the lands of the name in Perthshire, now a parish and village. John Combry, son of John Combry de eodem granted a charter of the lands of Combry, Kungart, etc., 1476 (Oliphants, p. 34). John de Cumre had a charter in 1447 (RMS., II, 640), and John Comrie in the paroch of Comrie is in record, 1673 (Edin. App.). John Comerie in Comerie, 1599 (Retours, Ferth, 1089). Sixteen of the name are recorded in the Commissariot Record of Dunblane, seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. Some of the proscribed Macgregors settled at Comrie, on the opposite bank of the river from the other inhabitants of the village of Comrie, which name was adopted in lieu of their own (Adam, p. 496). Comri and Cumry 1495.

The Surnames of Scotland (1946) by George Fraser Black (1866-1948)

A parish in Perthshire.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

Comrie Last Name Facts

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

The surname Comrie (Arabic: كومري) is held by more people in The United States than any other country/territory. It can be found as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Comrie? popularity and diffusion

The last name Comrie is the 130,280th most widely held surname internationally, held by approximately 1 in 2,098,343 people. The last name occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 57 percent of Comrie reside; 39 percent reside in North America and 39 percent reside in Anglo-North America. Comrie is also the 1,396,783rd most widespread given name in the world It is held by 51 people.

The last name is most prevalent in The United States, where it is carried by 861 people, or 1 in 420,974. In The United States it is primarily found in: New York, where 23 percent are found, Florida, where 17 percent are found and California, where 9 percent are found. Besides The United States this surname exists in 25 countries. It also occurs in Jamaica, where 15 percent are found and Scotland, where 15 percent are found.

Comrie Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Comrie has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Comrie surname rose 1,435 percent between 1880 and 2014; in Scotland it rose 115 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in England it rose 829 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Comrie Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those carrying the Comrie last name is principally Presbyterian (75%) in Ireland.

In The United States those bearing the Comrie last name are 5.12% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 51.89% being registered to vote for the party.

The amount Comrie earn in different countries varies significantly. In South Africa they earn 9.42% less than the national average, earning R 215,244 per year; in United States they earn 18.63% more than the national average, earning $51,188 USD per year and in Canada they earn 8.57% more than the national average, earning $53,943 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Comried9262/
Comrier922/
Commrie922/
Comre910/
Chomre83183/
Comroe83112/
Comrey8361/
Conrie8356/
Camrie838/
Chomri838/
Comres835/
Comred832/
Cumrie831/
Comrae831/
Comris830/
Comrer830/
Conried7710/
Choumre773/
Comrija772/
Comreid772/
Choumri771/
Chomreh771/
Conries770/
Komre73273/
Komri73268/
Camre7344/
Comra737/
Camri734/
Zomri732/
Comry732/
Zomre732/
Khoumrie711/
Choimere711/
Tchoumre711/
Khomri671,253/
Chamri67394/
Zoumri67256/
Komrij67161/
Chamre6766/
Zomreh6753/
Zamrie6753/
Conrié6712/
Komrey678/
Chumri677/
Koomri677/
Comroy677/
Camrey676/
Quomri675/
Kommri675/
Kumrie675/
Camrer674/
Kamrie673/
Komrui673/
Camred672/
Coimra672/
Khomre672/
Cámere672/
Kommre672/
Komrai671/
Comray671/
Komrgi671/
Kemrie671/
Komrea671/
Koumri671/
Camrae671/
Camroe671/
Cosmry671/
Chumre671/
Canrie671/
Casmri671/
Cumrey670/
Komrae670/
Komroi670/

Comrie Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Comrie in the Arabic language
كومريkwmry-

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