Comas is one of the Catalan surnames. It is the plural form of the Catalan word como which is derived from the Gaulish word cumba meaning valley. McComas is the Irish version of the surname.
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
Surname listThis page lists people with the surname Comas. If an internal link intending to refer to a specific person led you to this page, you may wish to change that link by adding the person's given name(s) to the link.
References
- 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.
- ^ Hanks, P. (2003). Dictionary of American Family Names. Oxford University Press. p. 357. ISBN 978-0-19-977169-1.