Compas is used as a family name or surname in many languages. It is 6 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Compas
No. of characters: 6
Origin: Unknown
Meaning: Focused in the Ardennes, the name refers to a companion (qv). Walloon old, 'compass' was the case about the word 'companion'.

How popular is Compas?

Compas is ranked 303036 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Compases grew by 9.302325 per cent to 376 since 2000 and ranked 54752 after elevating 980 spots. The last name was found in around 1 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 45.48 54.36
Black 33.51 22.97
Hispanic or Latino 10.64 14.83
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 6.91 5.52
Others 2.13 0
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.33 0
Compas is a very rare family name, few people in United States and Philippines have the last name. Around 981 people have been found who wears Compas as their family name. Compas is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
1,014,159 India4
720,003 Russia4
381,097 Ukraine4
24,176 Qatar1
56,169 Mexico1
34,581 Chile1
7,314 Bolivia1
91,024 Belgium1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
51,408 Spain37
49,393 Netherlands35
93,878 Canada28
155,219 England16
Countries with hundreds of Compas:
62,588 United States404
34,535 Philippines322
77,708 France122

Comments

M
Makeda Wisecup
 Compas is a very rare surname, represents an original locality name compass, located in the hollow -in the south, the name is the old form of regional compere, nickname from the Latin compater, with sense Godfather .

Compas Namesakes

  • Jonathan Compas, Football player
  • Joel Compass, Singer

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