How common is the surname Comfort?

3,564 people in the United States had the surname Comfort in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 86,629 Americans. It ranked 9,155th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Comfort?

Alex Comfort, British academic and physician (1920–2000).

Where is the surname Comfort most common?

Wikidata records people named Comfort in the United Kingdom.

Is the surname Comfort getting more or less common?

Less common. 3,571 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,564 in 2010, down 0.2%.

Is Comfort also a first name?

Yes. Comfort is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.

The surname Comfort

A surname, carried by 3,564 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex C516

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Comfort is more common than 94.4% of them.

Origin

From the English word comfort.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,564 people named Comfort in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 86,629 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 3,571.

#9,155

rank among US surnames

3,564

people in 2010

1.2

per 100,000 Americans

-0.2%

change since 2000 (was #8,500)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#9,147	Pletcher	3,567	86,556
#9,149	Adamski	3,566	86,580
#9,150	Stouffer	3,565	86,605
#9,155	Tolle	3,564	86,629
#9,161	Tincher	3,563	86,653
#9,164	Boos	3,562	86,678

Who is named Comfort

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

86% of people named Comfort identified as white (not Hispanic), 8.5% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 86%
Black (not Hispanic) 8.5%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
Two or more races 1.9%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Comforts

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Alex Comfort
British academic and physician (1920–2000)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Comfort

Conforti

Comfort has the Soundex code C516, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C516.

Questions

Where does the surname Comfort come from?: From the English word comfort.
How common is the surname Comfort?: 3,564 people in the United States had the surname Comfort in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 86,629 Americans. It ranked 9,155th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Comfort?: In the 2010 Census, 86% of people named Comfort identified as white (not Hispanic), and 8.5% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Comfort?: Alex Comfort, British academic and physician (1920–2000).
Where is the surname Comfort most common?: Wikidata records people named Comfort in the United Kingdom.
Is the surname Comfort getting more or less common?: Less common. 3,571 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,564 in 2010, down 0.2%.
Is Comfort also a first name?: Yes. Comfort is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.