How common is the last name Compton?

34,287 people in the United States have the last name Compton, about 1 in 8,718. It ranks #1,000 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census.

last name

COMPTON

#1,000

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
34,287
About
1 in 8,718
This common or more
39.7%
Who bears it

Of the 34,287 people with the last name Compton, 83.8% reported their origin as White, 7.4% as Black and 4.2% as two or more races. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Either side of Compton

#998 Faulkner · 34,330#999 Dudley · 34,312#1,001 Hinton · 34,256#1,002 Church · 34,224

Also a first name

As a first name, Compton ranks #23,227 of 53,615, with 423 people. See Compton as a first name

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