Comfort is used as a family name or surname in Ireland. It is 7 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Comfort
No. of characters: 7
Origin: Ireland
Meaning:

Comfort is a variant of the Cumber. 1. The same as Comber - 1. One who combs or prepares wool. 2. A modification of At Combe

2. "One of the Anglo-Saxon words for an ensign or standard was cumbor, whence probably Cumbra, the name of an Anglo-Saxon chief, A.D. 756. (Roger of Wendover). One having or Wilts. bearing a standard.

Comfort is form of Coomber. See Comber - 1. One who combs or prepares wool. 2. A modification of At Combe.

The lastname Comfort is a variant form of Comerford. One who came from Comberford meaning "Combra's ford," in Staffordshire.

Perhaps a corruption of the local surname Comerford.

How popular is Comfort?

Comfort is common in United States, Nigeria, Cameroon, Ghana, England, Canada, Australia.

Comfort is ranked 40402 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Comforts plummeted by 0.2 per cent to 3564 since 2000 and slipped by 655 spots and ranked at 9155. The last name was found in around 1 per hundred thousand population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 85.8 86.89
Black 8.53 8.43
Hispanic or Latino 2.3 1.9
Others 1.85 1.62
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.79 0.56
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.73 0.59
Comfort is quite popular family name mostly used in United States while Cameroon is ahead in terms of density. Around 12991 person has been found who wears Comfort as their family name. Comfort is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with thousands of Comfort:
8,649 United States4,798
5,270 Nigeria2,412
1,164 Cameroon2,329
1,939 Ghana1,801
Countries with hundreds of Comfort:
11,511 England499
10,530 Canada381
15,497 Australia186
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
5,307 Botswana83
30,029 Uganda72
48,589 Iran71
57,209 South Africa62
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
14,290 New Zealand41
8,115 Scotland41
304,812 India36
24,032 Israel32
10,755 Wales20
189,895 Germany16
43,230 Switzerland13
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 6 - 10:
21,753 Liberia10
5,799 Sudan9
60,754 Tanzania9
45,516 Kenya9
3,881 Iceland7
440,995 Brazil7
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

James Comfort was 25 years old when he migrated to Iowa during Irish famine on August 17, 1849. He lived in Ireland where he worked as workman and took Harriet And Augusta from Liverpool. Jas. Comfort, aged 24, Michael Comfort, aged 25, Maid Catherine Comfort, are other Comfort that migrated to US.

Comfort Namesakes

  • Joe Comfort, Sammy Davis Jr
  • Alex Comfort, British scientist and physician known best for his nonfiction sex manual
  • Ray Comfort, New Zealand Christian minister and evangelist
  • Charles Comfort, Canadian painter, sculptor, teacher
  • Nathaniel C. Comfort, American historian specializing
  • Will Levington Comfort, U.S. writer
  • Arthur Comfort, English master wood engraver at 'The Graphic' in London and art teacher
  • George Fisk Comfort, 19th-century American scholar and art exponent, and founder of both the Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY
  • Lance Comfort, English film director and producer born in Harrow

Comfort Namesakes

  • Joe Comfort, Sammy Davis Jr
  • Alex Comfort, British scientist and physician known best for his nonfiction sex manual
  • Ray Comfort, New Zealand Christian minister and evangelist
  • Charles Comfort, Canadian painter, sculptor, teacher
  • Nathaniel C. Comfort, American historian specializing
  • Will Levington Comfort, U.S. writer
  • Arthur Comfort, English master wood engraver at 'The Graphic' in London and art teacher
  • George Fisk Comfort, 19th-century American scholar and art exponent, and founder of both the Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY
  • Lance Comfort, English film director and producer born in Harrow

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