Surname Checker / Compton
How Common Is the Last Name Compton?
Estimated U.S. bearers of the surname Compton today
39,672
Ranked #971 of 162,254 published surnames · 12.15 per 100,000 Americans (2010 Census) · 35,830 bearers counted in 2010, scaled to today's population.
Ancestry breakdown reported in the 2010 Census
White
87.26%
Black
7.81%
Asian / Pacific Islander
0.47%
Hispanic
2.04%
Percentages are the Census Bureau's published figures for surname bearers in 2010. Figures are estimates from public records — see the methodology page.