| Coman | fairly rare: Tipperary etc. Ir. Ó Comáin. There are numerous synonyms in English: Commons, Commane, Comyns, Cummins etc. In Connacht the Irish is Ó Cuimín. Comán was a personal name in early Ireland. IF. |
| Commane | rare: Clare. Ir. Ó Comáin. Synonym of Commons & Cummins, q.v. |
| Commins | Quite numerous: Tipperary, Waterford, Connacht, N Leinster. Ir. Ó Comáin (Munster) and Ó Cuimín (Connacht). See also Cummins. |
| Commons | fairly rare: Galway, Mayo, Sligo, N Leinster. See Cummins etc. Also a Scottish name. See Coman. SI. |
| Comyns | fairly rare: Cork, Meath etc. Ir. Coimín, O Cuimín. The original name was Anglo- Norman of 12 cent, but it is usually an anglicisation of Ó CuimÍn etc. IF. |
| Cummings | Very numerous: all provinces, particularly Tipperary-Waterford-Wexford. Ir. Ó Comáin in Munster; Ó Coimín in Connacht; Mac Coimín in Ulster (broadly speaking). See also Commans, Commane, Commons. Comán was a popular personal name in the south of Ireland in early times. SI & GPN. |
| Mac Coimín | Comyn, Cummins: cuíosach líonmhar: Laighin & Connachta. Measctha le Ó Coimín agus Ó Comáin, q.v. Tá baint faoi leith ag Mac Coimín le Cúige Uladh. |
| Ó Comáin | Cummins, Commane: an-líonmhar: gach áit, go speisialta i dTiobraid Árann, Port Lairge, Loch Garman. Bhí an t-ainm Comán an-choitianta anallód agus ní foláir go raibh roinnt clanna éagsúla sa tír. Baineann Ó Comáin le Cúige Mumhan den chuid is mó - is i gConnachta atá Ó Cuimín, q.v.MIF. |
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