# Comey (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/comey/  
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 | occupational, named after the work an ancestor did |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 311 |
| US rank (2010) | 64,054 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 992,751 people |
| Change since 2000 | -4.9% (327 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /ˈkəʊmi/, 2 syllables |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Two main origins: * Welsh habitational surname from a place called Cymau, in Flintshire, from cymau, plural of cwm (“valley”). * Reduced Anglicisized form of Irish Mac Giolla Choimdheadh (“son of the servant of Lord God”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Comey 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) | 92% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 3.5% |
| Two or more races | 2.3% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Comey in the United States.

## People named Comey

- James Comey, American lawyer and 7th director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (born 1960)

## Similar surnames

Comeau, Como, Cooney, Cone, Coney, Coen, Chen, Cohen, Chan, Cain, Conway, Cano.

## 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.