Compston is used as a family name or surname in many languages. It is 8 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Compston
No. of characters: 8
Origin: Unknown
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Compston

How popular is Compston?

Compston is ranked 381588 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Compston bearers increased by 3.289474 per cent in 2010 US census to 471 since 2000, the surname slipped by 982 spots and ranked at 45412. The last name was found in around 2 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 95.54 96.05
Hispanic or Latino 1.49 1.54
Compston is a very rare family name, few people in United States and New Zealand have the last name. Around 711 people have been found who wears Compston as their family name. Few people around the world have Compston as their surname. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
5,630 Northern Ireland2
53,033 Nigeria1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
14,386 New Zealand40
93,878 Canada28
18,457 Scotland20
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
25,623 Australia93
56,298 England65
Countries with hundreds of Compston:
56,062 United States462

Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Mary Compston was 25 years old when she migrated to Philadelphia during Irish famine on May 29, 1848. She lived in Ireland where she worked as immigrant and took Harmonia from Glasgow.

Compston Namesakes

  • Archie Compston, Golfer
  • Benji Compston, Actor
  • Benji Compston, Musical artist
  • Mavis Compston, Film actress

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