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The COMISKEY surname in the USA

Frequency Comparisons
Total Rank Frequency % Per million people
United States
United States (Current snapshot) 1,542 16988 0.001 6
United States (1880 census) 92 33272 0 2
Change since 1880 +1450 +16284 +N/A +4
Other Countries
Australia 101 14145 0.001 6
United Kingdom 365 11139 0.001 8
Top States for COMISKEY by Total
State Total Rank in State Frequency % Per million people
New York 219 8998 0.001 12
Massachusetts 135 6245 0.002 21
Florida 120 14842 0.001 8
Texas 112 14413 0.001 5
Pennsylvania 111 13553 0.001 9
Top States for COMISKEY by Frequency
State Total Rank in State Frequency % Per million people
Massachusetts 135 6245 0.002 21
Alaska 13 7687 0.002 21
Vermont 10 8603 0.002 16
Louisiana 55 8694 0.001 12
New York 219 8998 0.001 12

Notes

'A figure of zero indicates that we don't have data for this name (usually because it's quite uncommon and our stats don't go down that far). It doesn't mean that there's no-one with that name at all!

For less common surnames, the figures get progressively less reliable the fewer holders of that name there are. This data is aggregated from several public lists, and some stats are interpolated from known values. The margin of error is well over 100% at the rarest end of the table!

For less common surnames, the frequency and "per million" values may be 0 even though there are people with that name. That's because they represent less than one in a million of the population, which ends up as 0 after rounding.

It's possible for a surname to gain in rank and/or total while being less common per million people (or vice versa) as there are now more surnames in the USA as a result of immigration. In mathematical terms, the tail has got longer, with a far larger number of less common surnames.

Figures for top states show firstly the states where most people called COMISKEY live. This obviously tends to be biased towards the most populous states. The second set of figures show where people called COMISKEY represent the biggest proportion of the population. So, in this case, there are more people called COMISKEY in New York than any other state, but you are more likely to find a COMISKEY by picking someone at random in Massachusetts than anywhere else.

Classification and Origin of COMISKEY

Region of origin: British Isles

Country of origin: Ireland

Language of origin: Gaelic

Ethnic origin: Celtic

Religious origin: Christian

Name derivation: From given name or forename

Data for religion and/or language relates to the culture in which the COMISKEY surname originated. It does not necessarily have any correlation with the language spoken, or religion practised, by the majority of current American citizens with that name.

Data for ethnic origin relates to the region and country in which the COMISKEY surname originated. It does not necessarily have any correlation with the ethnicity of the majority of current American citizens with that name.

Ethnic distribution of COMISKEY in the USA

Classification Total Percent
White (Hispanic) 30 1.95
Mixed Race 12 0.78
Asian/Pacific 8 0.52
White (Caucasian) 1,486 96.37
Black/African American Less than 100 Insignificant
Native American/Alaskan Less than 100 Insignificant

Ethnic distribution data shows the number and percentage of people with the COMISKEY surname who reported their ethnic background as being in these broad categories in the most recent national census.

Meaning of COMISKEY in historical publications

Sorry, we don't have any information on the meaning of COMISKEY.

Similar names to COMISKEY

The following names have similar spellings or pronunciations as COMISKEY.

This does not necessarily imply a direct relationship between the names, but may indicate names that could be mistaken for this one when written down or misheard.

Matches are generated automatically by a combination of Soundex, Metaphone and Levenshtein matching.

Potential typos for COMISKEY

The following words are slight variants of COMISKEY that are likely to be possible typos or misspellings in written material.