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    The surname Compean

    A surname, carried by 2,298 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex C515

    Compean: #13,271 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Compean #13,271, 2,298 people Compean: #13,271 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Compean #13,271, 2,298 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Compean is more common than 91.8% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,298 people named Compean in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 134,354 Americans. That is up 32% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,748.

    #13,271
    rank among US surnames
    2,298
    people in 2010
    0.8
    per 100,000 Americans
    +31.5%
    change since 2000 (was #15,404)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #13,263Franko2,301134,179
    #13,264Paull2,300134,237
    #13,267Norby2,299134,296
    #13,271Rodden2,298134,354
    #13,278Balser2,297134,413

    Who is named Compean

    Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

    96% of people named Compean identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 3.4% as white (not Hispanic).

    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 96%
    • White (not Hispanic) 3.4%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American, Multiracial are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Compean

    Compean has the Soundex code C515, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C515.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Compean?
    2,298 people in the United States had the surname Compean in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 134,354 Americans. It ranked 13,271st of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Compean?
    In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Compean identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 3.4% as white (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Compean getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,748 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,298 in 2010, up 32%.