Find out how popular the last name Cominsky is in the United States and learn more about the meaning, history, and race and ethnic origin of people in America who are named Cominsky.

Cominsky, like all of the last names we have data for, is identified by the U.S. Census Bureau as a surname which has more than 100 occurrences in the United States in the Decennial Census survey. The most recent statistics we have for the Cominsky surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Cominsky in America

Cominsky is the 46902nd most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Cominsky surname appeared 453 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 people would have the surname Cominsky.

We can also compare 2010 data for Cominsky to data from the previous census in 2000. The table below contains all of the statistics for both years in a side-by-side comparison.

The history of the last name Cominsky

The surname Cominsky has its origins in Eastern Europe, specifically in regions of modern-day Poland and Ukraine. It is believed to have emerged in the late 15th or early 16th century, derived from the Slavic root "kom" or "kamen," meaning "stone" or "rock." This suggests the name may have initially referred to someone who lived near a rocky or stony area.

One of the earliest recorded instances of the name Cominsky appears in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth's tax records from the 16th century, where a certain Jan Cominsky is listed as a landholder in the village of Zbaraz, now part of western Ukraine. This region was home to a sizable Polish population during that period, which may explain the name's origins.

In the 17th century, the name Cominsky can be found in various church records and land registries throughout the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, indicating its spread across the region. Notable bearers of the name from this era include Michał Cominsky, a Polish nobleman and landowner born in 1632, and Katarzyna Cominska, a prominent merchant from Lviv (now in Ukraine) who lived around 1670.

As the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth declined in the late 18th century, many Cominsky families migrated westward into territories controlled by the Russian Empire. This led to variations in the spelling of the name, such as Kominsky or Kominskiy, reflecting the influences of the Russian language.

One of the most famous individuals with the surname Cominsky was Tadeusz Cominsky (1823-1892), a Polish-born military officer who fought in the November Uprising against the Russian Empire in 1830-1831. After the uprising's failure, he fled to France and later participated in the Crimean War, serving in the British Army.

Another noteworthy bearer of the name was Maria Cominska (1876-1949), a Ukrainian writer and educator who played a significant role in promoting the cultural and literary traditions of her home region of Galicia. Her works, written in both Ukrainian and Polish, shed light on the lives of ordinary people in the Austro-Hungarian Empire's eastern provinces.

In the 20th century, the name Cominsky continued to be found across Eastern Europe, with individuals bearing the surname contributing to various fields, including academia, the arts, and politics. For instance, Oleksandr Cominsky (1901-1976) was a prominent Ukrainian architect who designed several notable buildings in Kyiv and other cities.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Cominsky

We also have some data on the ancestry of people with the surname Cominsky.

The below race categories are the modified race categories used in the Census Bureau's population estimates program. All people were categorized into six mutually exclusive racial and Hispanic origin groups:

1. White only
2. Black only
3. American Indian and Alaskan Native only
4. Asian and Pacific Islander only
5. Hispanic
6. Two or More Races

For the most recent 2010 census data, the race/ethnic origin breakdown for Cominsky was:

Note: Any fields showing (S) means the data was suppressed for privacy so that the data does not in any way identify any specific individuals.

Since we have data from the previous census in 2000, we can also compare the values to see how the popularity of Cominsky has changed in the 10 years between the two census surveys.

Data source

The last name data and ethnic breakdown of last names is sourced directly from the Decennial Census survey, conducted every 10 years by the United States Census Bureau.

The history and meaning of the name Cominsky was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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