Comerford

English

Alternative forms

• Commerford

Etymology

Two main origins:

• Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Mac Cumascaigh (“son of Cumascach”), a byname from cumascach (“mixer, confuser”); compare Comiskey.
• Variant of Cumberford, an English habitational surname.

Proper noun

Comerford (plural Comerfords)

1. A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Comerford is the 11550^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 2722 individuals. Comerford is most common among White (94.93%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Comerford”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 357.