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    The surname Comiskey

    An Irish surname, carried by 1,559 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex C520

    Comiskey: #17,927 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Comiskey #17,927, 1,559 people Comiskey: #17,927 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Comiskey #17,927, 1,559 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Comiskey is more common than 89% of them.

    Origin

    Irish origin

    Reduced Americanized form of Irish Mac Cumascaigh.

    One of 880 Irish surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,559 people named Comiskey in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 198,041 Americans. That is up 1.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,542.

    #17,927
    rank among US surnames
    1,559
    people in 2010
    0.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    +1.1%
    change since 2000 (was #16,988)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #17,921Pop1,560197,914
    #17,927Mayton1,559198,041

    Who is named Comiskey

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

    94% of people named Comiskey identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.9% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 94%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.6%
    • Two or more races 1.9%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Comiskeys

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

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

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Variant spellings

    • Cummiskey

    Surnames that sound like Comiskey

    Comiskey has the Soundex code C520, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C520.

    Other Irish surnames

    All 880 Irish surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Comiskey come from?
    Reduced Americanized form of Irish Mac Cumascaigh.
    How common is the surname Comiskey?
    1,559 people in the United States had the surname Comiskey in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 198,041 Americans. It ranked 17,927th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Comiskey?
    In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Comiskey identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Who is the most famous person named Comiskey?
    Charles Comiskey, American baseball player, manager, team owner (1859–1931).
    Where is the surname Comiskey most common?
    Wikidata records people named Comiskey in the United States.
    Is the surname Comiskey getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,542 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,559 in 2010, up 1.1%.
    What are other spellings of Comiskey?
    Cummiskey.