The Compere surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 742 people carried this name — #31,251 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 400,000 people counted. That is up 48% from 503 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 691 people named Compere.
38 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 55 départements, most often Manche.
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 472 people named Compere 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 Liège.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In print
Compere in American newspapers,
1899–1906.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 19,504 pages in all carry the name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Compere.
- Comment 197 · U.S. census
- Commet 130 · U.S. census
- Common 672 · U.S. census
- Comolli 292 · U.S. census
- Company 152 · U.S. census
- Compas 376 · U.S. census
- Comte 271 · U.S. census
- Comtois 747 · U.S. census
- Conan 229 · U.S. census
- Conard 4,482 · U.S. census
- Conca 440 · U.S. census
- Conde 10,430 · U.S. census
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