The McComas surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 4,812 people carried this name — #6,973 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 61,300 people counted. That is up 4% from 4,648 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the McComas surname

Anglicized form of Northern Irish Mac Thómais (“son of Thomas”).

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «McComas» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.

In print

McComas in American newspapers,
1908–1920.

Newspaper page from The Wolf Point Herald carrying the name McComas
The Wolf Point Herald 1920-07-01
Newspaper page from The Circle Banner carrying the name McComas
The Circle Banner 1920-07-02
Newspaper page from The San Antonio Light carrying the name McComas
The San Antonio Light 1908-03-29

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 46,919 pages in all carry the name.

In print

McComas in Australian newspapers,
1850s–2000s.

2,678 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss McComas. The most, 1,041, date from the 1930s. Weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, it stands out most in Victoria, at 3.8 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

Victoria 1,928
South Australia 234
New South Wales 210
Western Australia 98
Tasmania 84
Queensland 75
ACT (Canberra) 37

Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss McComas.

Who carried it

People named McComas,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Louis E. McComas
    Louis E. McComas 1846–1907 · university teacher
  • Carroll McComas
    Carroll McComas 1886–1962 · stage actor
  • Lorissa McComas 1970–2009 · film actor
  • Kendall McComas 1916–1981 · engineer
  • J. Francis McComas 1910–1978 · science fiction writer
  • Elisha W. McComas 1823–1890 · politician

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0.

In the public record

People named McComas,
in the records of 3 countries.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States264 records

264 records of the McComas name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 183
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 59
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 10
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 9
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 1
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 1
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record George E. McComas

    Born 1904 in New York. Enlisted 1942 at Fort Jay Governors Island; heat treater from New York County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1987, buried at Long Island National Cemetery, New York.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Hobart Wilson McComas

    Born 1944; from Columbus, Ohio. U.S. Army, pioneer; killed in action 1967 in Binh Dinh, South Vietnam.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)
  3. A U.S. Army record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864
    Example: U.S. burial record, 1864
    Burial record Elmer Howard McComas

    U.S. Marine Corps veteran of the Korean War. Born 1931, died 2001; buried at Delaware Veterans Memorial Cemetery, Bear, Delaware.

    U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)

Showing 3 of 264 records for McComas in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain); Record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864, U.S. National Archives (public domain).

Australia115 records

115 records of the McComas name in Australia
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 82
  • Victoria wills and probate, deaths to 2001 17
  • Tasmanian Names Index 12
  • Queensland State Archives indexes 3
  • NSW convict, estate and railway indexes 1
  1. An 1829 etching of convicts being rowed out to the prison ship York in Portsmouth Harbour
    Pictured: convicts going on board a prison ship, 1829
    Transportation record Eliza McComas

    Transported to Van Diemen's Land aboard the Duke of Cornwall, sailing from Kingston in 1850. Native of Roscommon.

    Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record Robert B. N. McComas

    Merchant of Hawthorn, Victoria; died 1938.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Jno E. McComas

    Arrived in Victoria in 1882 aboard the Shannon, aged 22.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 115 records for McComas in Australia.

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0) · Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0) · Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Prison-ship in Portsmouth Harbour, with the convicts going on board, etching by Edward William Cooke, 1829, Royal Museums Greenwich (public domain); Petition to the probate court, St. Louis, 1848, Missouri Historical Society (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

United Kingdom1 record

1 record of the McComas name in the United Kingdom War Office casualty lists, 1917–1919, among the dead
  1. A First World War roll of honour of the staff of C. & E. Morton Ltd
    Example: roll of honour, 1914–1919
    War record I. McComas

    Hampshire Regiment. Listed among the dead in the War Office casualty list of 1918.

    National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain)

Counts: National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: C. & E. Morton Ltd roll of honour, 1914–1919, photo by Adrian S Pye via Geograph (CC BY-SA 2.0).

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