How Many People Have the Last Name Comfort?
people had the surname Comfort in the 2010 US Census
About 1 in 82,645 people in the Census had this surname
Source: Census Bureau surname list
Surname Rank
Tied with 5 others
Per 100,000 People
In 2010
Largest Group
White
Change Since 2000
−7 people
👥 Race and Hispanic Origin
Most people with the surname Comfort (85.8%) are non-Hispanic White. The next largest group, 8.5%, are non-Hispanic Black. Among surnames where most people are non-Hispanic White, Comfort ranks #7,131. The mix barely changed from 2000: no group's share moved by 2 points or more.
📈 Change Since 2000
Comfort fell from 3,571 people in 2000 to 3,564 in 2010 (down 0.2%), and its rank fell from #8,500 to #9,155.
| 2000 | 2010 | |
|---|---|---|
| People | 3,571 | 3,564 |
| Rank | #8,500 | #9,155 |
| Per 100,000 people | 1.32 | 1.21 |
🏆 Surnames Ranked Near Comfort
🔊 Surnames That Sound Alike
Same Soundex code as Comfort: C516
👤 Comfort as a First Name
Comfort is a first name too: about 245 people alive in the US today have it as a first name, an estimate from Social Security birth records.
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