Comas (surname)
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Comas is one of the Catalan surnames.[1] It is the plural form of the Catalan word como which is derived from the Gaulish word cumba meaning valley.[2] McComas is the Irish version of the surname.[2]
Notable people with the surname are as follows:
- Alex Comas (born 1971), Colombian football player
- Antoni Comas i Pujol (1931–1981), Spanish Catalan literary historian and academic
- Arnau Comas (born 2000), Spanish football player
- Arseni Comas (born 1961), Spanish Catalan football player
- Érik Comas (born 1963), French Formula One driver
- Jaime Comas (1936–2021), Spanish screenwriter and film producer
- Jaume Comas (born 1974), Spanish basketball player
- Joan Comas Pausas (1913–2009), Spanish painter and architect
- Jorge Comas, multiple people
- Josep Comas i Solà (1868–1937), Spanish Catalan astronomer
- Juan Comas (1900–1979), Spanish Mexican anthropologist
- Lautaro Comas (born 1995), Argentine football player
- Lillian Comas-Díaz, American psychologist
- Marina Comas (born 1996), Spanish Catalan actress
- Ramón Balcells Comas (born 1951), Spanish Catalan sailor
- Román Comas (born 1999), Argentine football player
- Xavier Comas Guixé (born 1977), Andorran ski mountaineer
References
[edit]- ^ Solé-Morata, Neus; Bertranpetit, Jaume; Comas, David; Calafell, Francesc (2015). "Y-chromosome diversity in Catalan surname samples: insights into surname origin and frequency". European Journal of Human Genetics. 23 (11): 1549–1557. doi:10.1038/ejhg.2015.14. PMC 4613475. PMID 25689924.
- ^ a b Hanks, P. (2003). Dictionary of American Family Names. Oxford University Press. p. 357. ISBN 978-0-19-977169-1.