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The Comas surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,172 people carried this name — #22,095 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 250,000 people counted. That is up 16% from 1,007 in 2000.

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In Argentina’s national register

At least 2,089 people named Comas live in Argentina.

RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Buenos Aires Province.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Buenos Aires Province 922
Entre Ríos 614
City of Buenos Aires 163
Santa Fe 129
Mendoza 90
Corrientes 40
Córdoba 33
Salta 33

RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.

In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 349 people named Comas.

44 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 37 départements, most often Ain.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 44
Ain 71
Pyrénées-Orientales 66
Saône-et-Loire 31
Côte-d’Or 16
Hérault 15
Bouches-du-Rhône 13
Rhône 10
Paris 7

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

In Switzerland’s population statistics

38 people named Comas live in Switzerland.

They live in 6 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Vaud.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

Vaud 10
Zurich 10
Fribourg 8
Geneva 4
Lucerne 3
Zug 3

Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.

Who carried it

People named Comas,
with a public archive behind them.

  • William McComas
    William McComas 1795–1865 · judge
  • Augusto Comas y Arqués
    Augusto Comas y Arqués 1834–1900 · lawyer
  • Josep Comas i Masferrer
    Josep Comas i Masferrer 1842–1908 · businessperson
  • Ramon Nonat Comas i Pitxot
    Ramon Nonat Comas i Pitxot 1852–1918 · librarian
  • Augusto Comas y Blanco
    Augusto Comas y Blanco 1862–1953 · politician
  • Josep Comas i Renom 1798–1873 · land owner

Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

When the index is not enough

This page says where Comas is.
A volume says what happened to it.

Every page in the index is free and stays free. The Heritage Volume is the long form: the full paper trail, the arms, the crossing — bound, and yours.

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