Comstock Surname

36,570th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 14,421 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States

Comstock Surname Definition:

(English) Dweller in a deep valley; one who came from Comstock (monastery in a narrow valley), in England.

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Comstock Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States14,0071:25,8773,258
Canada3221:114,42712,178
Ecuador191:837,15013,424
England91:6,190,895170,599
Germany81:10,063,182283,807
Sweden61:1,641,126116,183
Thailand61:11,773,058553,295
Czechia61:1,772,245105,647
Netherlands51:3,377,435111,911
Dominican Republic41:2,608,23320,941
Australia41:6,748,925181,100
Singapore41:1,376,92628,409
China31:455,773,85521,925
Italy31:20,385,563143,117
Philippines21:50,619,112341,003
Afghanistan21:16,076,59243,178
Moldova11:3,561,36878,271
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Guatemala11:16,082,66812,169
Costa Rica11:4,780,06913,345
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England81:3,046,92180,371
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States4,8681:10,3161,345

Comstock (22) may also be a first name.

Comstock Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(English) Dweller in a deep valley; one who came from Comstock (monastery in a narrow valley), in England.

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

(Dutch.) From kom, a dock or harbor, and stock, a stick or timber—the wharf or dock of timber.

An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names (1857) by William Arthur

User-submitted Reference

The Comstock surname was created by William Comstock who emigrated from Devonshire England in the 1630s. It's a place name. The town of Culmstock is on the Culm river in Devon.

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Comstock Last Name Facts

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

The last name Comstock is found in The United States more than any other country or territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Comstock? popularity and diffusion

It is the 36,570th most frequently used surname on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 505,343 people. The surname Comstock occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 78 percent of Comstock live; 78 percent live in North America and 77 percent live in Anglo-North America. It is also the 2,301,746th most frequent forename world-wide, borne by 22 people.

The surname is most numerous in The United States, where it is carried by 14,007 people, or 1 in 25,877. In The United States it is most numerous in: California, where 12 percent reside, Texas, where 6 percent reside and Missouri, where 4 percent reside. Aside from The United States Comstock occurs in 26 countries. It is also common in Canada, where 2 percent reside and Ecuador, where 0 percent reside.

Comstock Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Comstock has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname grew 288 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it grew 113 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Comstock Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Comstock last name are 11.66% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 58.43% being registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Comstock earn in different countries varies marginally. In United States they earn 1.4% more than the national average, earning $43,754 USD per year and in Canada they earn 5.77% more than the national average, earning $52,548 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Comstocks941/
Commstock940/
Coomstock940/
Comstoc934/
Comstok932/
Comstack885/
Comstook885/
Komstock883/
Camstock882/
Comstotk881/
Comstoct880/
Comstocková841/
Coomstack820/
Comstak801/
Kamstock755/
Comstake750/
Kemstock750/

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