as a Last Name
- 39,168
- people in the U.S. have this name Get contact details for people named Compton
Meaning & Origins
English: habitational name from any of the numerous places throughout England (but especially in the south) named Compton, from Old English cumb ‘short, straight valley’ + tūn ‘enclosure’, ‘settlement’.
| 891st in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Quick facts
- Tens of Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 39,168
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- Kentucky
- has the most people named Compton per capita
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