The comfort Surname
comfort Name Meaning and History
English (Kent): probably a habitational name from a place near
Birling in Kent, now called Comfortsplace Farm, earlier known as
Comports Place (1559) and Comporte (1601). This was
named for a family associated with it called de Cumpeworth
(1255). The place from which the family took its name has not been
identified.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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