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The COMSTOCK surname in the USA

Frequency Comparisons
Total Rank Frequency % Per million people
United States
United States (Current snapshot) 10,298 3192 0.004 38
United States (1880 census) 4,864 1277 0.01 97
Change since 1880 +5434 -1915 -0.006 -59
Other Countries
Australia 2 265639 0 0
United Kingdom 11 30336 0 0
Top States for COMSTOCK by Total
State Total Rank in State Frequency % Per million people
California 1,118 2803 0.003 33
New York 878 2117 0.005 46
Michigan 591 1897 0.006 59
Florida 493 4121 0.003 31
Texas 470 4533 0.002 23
Top States for COMSTOCK by Frequency
State Total Rank in State Frequency % Per million people
Vermont 145 682 0.024 238
Idaho 169 1010 0.013 131
Iowa 292 1180 0.010 100
Oregon 282 1500 0.008 82
Washington 429 1710 0.007 73

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

Classification and Origin of COMSTOCK

Region of origin: British Isles

Country of origin: England

Language of origin: English

Ethnic origin: English

Religious origin: Christian

Data for religion and/or language relates to the culture in which the COMSTOCK 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 COMSTOCK 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 COMSTOCK in the USA

Classification Total Percent
White (Hispanic) 213 2.07
Mixed Race 143 1.39
Asian/Pacific 65 0.63
Native American/Alaskan 53 0.51
Black/African American 30 0.29
White (Caucasian) 9,794 95.11

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

Meaning of COMSTOCK in historical publications

(origin: Dutch.) From kom, a dock or harbor, and stock, a stick or timber--the wharf or dock of timber.

Arthur, William (1857) An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names. New York: Sheldon, Blakeman. Public Domain.


Similar names to COMSTOCK

The following names have similar spellings or pronunciations as COMSTOCK.

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 COMSTOCK

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