Explore the Family Name Commerford

The meaning of Commerford

English: variant of Comerford. In southeastern England it may have been confused with Comfort.

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

The surname Commerford, according to data collected from the Decennial U.S. Census, has seen a modest increase in popularity between 2000 and 2010. In 2000, it was ranked 37,881st in terms of prevalence, but by 2010, it had risen slightly to rank 37,391st. This represents an increase of 1.29% over the decade. The count of people with the Commerford surname also grew from 551 in 2000 to 596 in 2010, a rise of 8.17%. However, when expressed as a proportion per 100,000 people, the relative frequency of the Commerford surname remained stable at 0.2.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#37,881	#37,391	1.29%
Count	551	596	8.17%
Proportion per 100k	0.2	0.2	0%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Commerford

In terms of ethnicity, the data from the Decennial U.S. Census presents some changes for individuals bearing the Commerford name between 2000 and 2010. Most notably, the percentage of those identifying as White decreased from 96.55% to 91.61%, representing a drop of 5.12%. There was also a significant increase in the proportion of those identifying as Hispanic, from 1.45% in 2000 to 3.86% in 2010, which is a 166.21% change. Furthermore, in 2010, there were some people with the Commerford surname who identified as Black (2.35%) and as belonging to two or more races (1.17%), categories that had no representation within this surname group in 2000. Those identifying as Asian/Pacific Islander or American Indian and Alaskan Native remained at 0% in both census years.

	2000	2010	Change
White	96.55%	91.61%	-5.12%
Hispanic	1.45%	3.86%	166.21%
Black	0%	2.35%	0%
Two or More Races	0%	1.17%	0%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%