The Compas surname
In the 2000 U.S. Census, 344 people carried this name — #55,732 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 769,200 people counted.
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In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 202 people named Compas.
3 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 36 départements, most often Ardennes.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 21 people named Compas live in Belgium.
Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Hainaut.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Compas.
- Commeau 103 · U.S. census
- Comment 178 · U.S. census
- Commet 109 · U.S. census
- Common 648 · U.S. census
- Comolli 268 · U.S. census
- Company 136 · U.S. census
- Compere 503 · U.S. census
- Comte 287 · U.S. census
- Comtois 815 · U.S. census
- Conan 213 · U.S. census
- Conard 4,174 · U.S. census
- Conca 433 · U.S. census
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