Explore the Family Name Comis

The meaning of Comis

Greek: from medieval Greek komis ‘count’, from Latin comes (see Comito), attested as a surname in the 13th century. However, the modern surname is more likely a Hellenization of the Italian surname Comi, which is derived from the same medieval Greek word. Some characteristic forenames: Greek Spiro.

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How common is the last name Comis in the United States?

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census data, the surname Comis has seen a slight dip in popularity over the years. In 2000, it was ranked 63,812th but by 2010, it dropped to being the 67,519th most common surname, representing a decrease of approximately 5.81%. Despite this shift in ranking, the count of people with the surname Comis remained steady at 292. This means that even though the proportion of individuals named Comis per 100,000 decreased by around 9.09%, the total number of people with this name remained unchanged between 2000 and 2010.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#63,812	#67,519	-5.81%
Count	292	292	0%
Proportion per 100k	0.11	0.1	-9.09%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Comis

In terms of ethnicity, the Decennial U.S. Census data reveals that the majority of individuals with the surname Comis identify as White. This was the case in both 2000 and 2010, although there was a slight decrease from 97.95% to 95.21% during this period. The data also shows an emergence of Hispanic identity among those named Comis, which wasn't recorded in 2000 but stood at 4.45% in 2010. There were no recorded changes in the numbers identifying as Asian/Pacific Islander, Black, or American Indian and Alaskan Native for the surname Comis.

	2000	2010	Change
White	97.95%	95.21%	-2.8%
Hispanic	0%	4.45%	0%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
Two or More Races	0%	0%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%