# Comer (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/comer/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 16,893 |
| US rank (2010) | 2,148 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 18,277 people |
| Change since 2000 | +1.6% (16,619 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /ˈkoʊmɚ/, 2 syllables |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Comer in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 83% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 12% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.1% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.5% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.7% |
| Two or more races | 1.7% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Comer in the United States and the United Kingdom.

## People named Comer

- Jodie Comer, British actress (born 1993)
- Anjanette Comer, American actress
- B. B. Comer, American politician (1848-1927)
- James Comer, American politician in Kentucky (born 1972)
- Samuel M. Comer, American set decorator (1893-1974)
- Douglas Comer, American computer scientist

## Similar surnames

Coomer, Camero, Conner, Connery, Conyer, Connor, Conroy, Camara, Chamorro, Chmura, Chenier, Canary.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.