# Comiskey (surname)

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

A surname from Irish.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Irish |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 1,559 |
| US rank (2010) | 17,927 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 198,041 people |
| Change since 2000 | +1.1% (1,542 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | Cummiskey |

## Etymology

Reduced Americanized form of Irish Mac Cumascaigh.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Comiskey 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) | 94% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.6% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.8% |
| Two or more races | 1.9% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Comiskey in the United States.

## People named Comiskey

- Charles Comiskey, American baseball player, manager, team owner (1859–1931)

## Similar surnames

Comas, Comes, Chomsky, Chang, Camacho, Chung, Cheng, Cheung, Chong, Chance, Chiang, Coons.

## 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.